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DATIA LEADERSHIP Phil Dubois, Chairman DrugScan, Inc.


Sherri Vogler, Chairman-Elect Houston Medical Testing Services


Andrew Powell, Treasurer Nursing Corps, Inc.


Scott Taillie, Secretary Alere Toxicology


Neil Fortner, Past Chairman Avee Laboratories


Diana Bauske Chem Chek Co., Inc.


Jim Bentley


Lynn Carr FirstLab


Daniel DiThomas i3screen


Melissa DiThomas First Advantage


Brian Drew Nationwide Medical Review


Kirk Hardy The International Drug Detection Agency Ltd.


Patricio Labatut Global Partners Ltda.


Shannon Lalley FTS International


Robert McCormick Quest Diagnostics


Jo McGuire


Of Substance Media Lisa Morrison


General Genetics Corporation cover


8 Eliminate Mistakes Before Your Collection Audit By Joe Reilly, Joe Reilly and Associates, LLC


features


20 “High”-ways and Byways: Drugged Driving’s Impact on


America’s Roadways By Kyle J. Clark, Institute of Police Technology and Management


32 DATIA 2014 Annual Conference Highlights


Compliance Resources Plus, LLC


Joe Reilly Joe Reilly & Associates, Inc.


Lisa Ruehle Workplace Drug Testing Consultant


ADVERTISING To advertise in focus, call 202.337.1893.


DESIGN & PRODUCTION Blue House Design


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departments


4 Letter from the Chairman


6 Letter from the Executive Director


14 New Member Profile 16 Best Practices 26 Business Sense


28 Trends in Drug Use 34 Washington Report 36 Getting to Know 38 Spotlight On


44 Focus on Alcohol Testing


index of advertisers 5


Alere Toxicology 800.340.4029 / www.aleretoxicology.com


19 23 38 IFC 39 15 53


All Systems Lab, Inc. 818.305.3100 / www.allsystemslab.com


BB&T Insurance Services, Inc. 800.356.9804 / www.bbt.com


ClearStar.net 321.821.3383 / www.clearstar.net


Clinical Reference Laboratory 800.452.5677 / www.crlcorp.com


Compliance Information Systems 800.647.9070 / www.everitest.net


EMSI—Workplace Services 800.522.3674 / www.emsinet.com


GO2 Lab Media 877.822.4333 / www.go2partners.com/labmedia.html


46 Ask Alice 56 DATIA in Motion


58 Marijuana Law Updates


60 Name that Drug 62 New Member Listing


40 New to Testing? Get the Basics on Instant Testing and Using the


Right Tools for the Job at Hand By Duffy Nabors, Express Diagnostics International, Inc.


48 Personalized Medicine and


Advances in Drug Metabolism By Andrew Bradford, PhD, Clinical Testing Laboratories, Bill Massey, PhD, MyGenesRx, and R. James Bentley, General Genetics Corporation


contents summer 2014•Vol. 7 Issue 3


7 61 37 31 55


Immunalysis Corporation 888.664.8378 / www.immunalysis.com


Intoximeters, Inc. 314.429.4000 / www.intox.com


Lifeloc Technologies, Inc. 800.722.4872 / www.lifeloc.com


OraSure Technologies, Inc. 800.672.7873 / www.orasure.com


PAS Systems, International 800.660.7643 / www.pasintl.com


43, BC Quest Diagnostics 877.241.0150 / www.questdiagnostics.com


IBC 13 Randox 44(0)2894422413 / www.randox.com


United States Drug Testing Laboratories, Inc. 847.375.0770 / www.usdtl.com


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