Painkiller Use Surpasses Tobacco Use. Last month we wrote about Tennessee’s dubious distinction in 2015 of being second in the country only to Alabama in the number of opiate prescriptions written […]
Drugged Driving Facts
Drugged Driving Facts. All the recent concern about the legalization of marijuana and the issues of people driving while under the influence of marijuana have caused us to lose sight […]
Alcohol Testing Devices for Personal Use
Alcohol Testing Devices for Personal Use My friend Chuck recently asked me if there was a “commercially available” alcohol testing device for personal use that he could provide to his […]
Zero Tolerance Testing for Alcohol: One More Perspective
Zero tolerance testing for alcohol. Over the past several years we’ve written several articles on the subject of zero tolerance testing for alcohol. The point we’ve made in every article […]
Why Perform an Alcohol Test Before a Drug Test?
Why Perform an Alcohol Test Before a Drug Test? There are reasons why you perform an alcohol test before a drug test. Students who receive training to be Breath Alcohol […]
Alcohol Awareness Month: Advertising Works! (for the alcohol industry)
Alcohol Awareness Month: Advertising Works! (for the Alcohol Industry) April is Alcohol Awareness Month, brought to us by NCADD, the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence. NCADD is a […]
Qualitative and Quantitative Drug Test Results
Qualitative and Quantitative Drug Test Results There are differences between qualitative and quantitative drug test results. Once in a while a customer asks, “Can an instant drugs-of-abuse test tell us the […]
How to Convert Blood Alcohol Results to Breath Alcohol Results
How to Convert Blood Alcohol Results to Breath Alcohol Results. In alcohol testing, it is beneficial to understand how to convert blood alcohol results to breath alcohol results. If you […]
Testing Challenges for Marijuana Breathalyzers: The New Frontier?
Testing Challenges for Marijuana Breathalyzers Despite the news reports and efforts over the course of this year by several companies to develop technology to detect marijuana use through breath, there […]