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
Jim Bentley General Genetics Corporation
Lynn Carr RecoveryTrek
Sammie Dabbs AWSI
Daniel DiThomas i3screen
Brian Drew Nationwide Medical Review
Kirk Hardy The International Drug Detection Agency Ltd.
Shannon Lalley FTS International
Robert McCormick Quest Diagnostics
Jo McGuire Five Minutes of Courage
Joe Reilly Joe Reilly & Associates, Inc.
Lisa Ruehle Workplace Drug Testing Consultant
Renee Schofield TSS, Inc.
Jacquie Sheehey Smart Start, Inc.
Elaine Taule NMS Management Services, Inc.
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contents spring 2015•Vol. 8 Issue 2 cover
8 Blunt Talk: Marijuana Trends and How the Drug Testing Industry Can Fight It By Jo McGuire, Five Minutes of Courage
features 14 DATIA 2015 Annual Conference
18 Building a Defensible Breath Testing Program By Betye Bailey, Intoximeters, Inc.
26 The Use of Alcohol Biomarkers for Abstinence Monitoring in
Criminal Justice By Rich Strasser, Express Diagnostics, Int’l, Inc.
36 Legal Risks Arising From an
Improperly-Initiated Drug Test By Lee Seham, American Maritime Safety, Inc.
departments
4 Letter from the Chairman
6 Letter from the Executive Director
16 New Member Profiles 24 Washington Report 32 Getting to Know
index of advertisers
5 Alere Toxicology 800.340.4029 /
aleretoxicology.com
31 All Systems Lab, Inc. 888.700.0083 /
allsystemslab.com
25 BB&T Insurance Services, Inc. 800.356.9804 /
bbt.com
21 BioChemical Diagnostics, Inc. 800.223.4835 /
biochemicaldiagnostics.com
34 Bluing Products, Inc. 620.663.5689 /
bluingproducts.com
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ClearStar.net 321.821.3383 /
clearstar.net
IFC Clinical Reference Laboratory 800.452.5677 /
crlcorp.com
13 Compliance Information Systems 877.376.3691 /
everitest.net
29 DNA Solutions 866.362.9778 /
dnasolutionsusa.com
71 EMSI 800.522.3674 /
emsinet.com
73 GO2 Lab Media 877.822.4333 /
go2partners.com/ labmedia.html
43 Immunalysis Corporation 909.482.0840 /
immunalysis.com
41 Intoximeters, Inc. 314.429.4000 /
intox.com
IBCLifeloc Technologies, Inc. 800.722.4872 /
lifeloc.com
63 OraSure Technologies, Inc. 800.869.3538 /
orasure.com
53 PAS Systems, International 800.660.7643 /
pasintl.com
11, Quest Diagnostics BC 800.877.7484 /
EmployerSolutions.com
7 Randox +44 (0) 28 9442 2413 /
randox.com 67 SCITECK 800.749.4537 /
sciteck.org
47
StateDrugTestingLaws.com 954.255.8650 /
StateDrugTestingLaws.com
69 USDTL 800.235.2367 /
usdtl.com
42 Spotlight On 56 Ask Alice
72 State Drug Testing Law 101
44 Effective Wash Procedure
Critical in Hair Testing By Jim Dyke, Psychemedics Corporation
50 Using Technology as a Sales
Tool to Grow Your Business By David Bell, USA Mobile Drug Testing
58 Synthetic Cannabinoids in
the Workplace By David Kuntz, PhD, Clinical Reference Laboratory
64 The Prescription Drug
Misuse Epidemic By F. Leland McClure, Quest Diagnostics
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