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
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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
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Joe Reilly Joe Reilly & Associates, Inc.
Lisa Ruehle Workplace Drug Testing Consultant
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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
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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
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Intoximeters, Inc. 314.429.4000 /
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Lifeloc Technologies, Inc. 800.722.4872 /
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PAS Systems, International 800.660.7643 /
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