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 Consultant
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 summer 2015 • Vol. 8 Issue 3 cover
8 Evolving Technologies in Background Screening—
“One Stop Shops” By Gary DeWitt, Epic Concepts
features 12 The Importance of
Implementing a Drug Abuse
Recognition Program By Keith Graves, Graves & Associates
18 Drug Abuse in Colombia, Our Experience in Consumer
Trends At the Workplace By Diana Rios Diaz, ELAD S.A
departments
4 Letter from the Chairman
6 Letter from the Executive Director
22 Best Practices 26 Getting to Know 32 New Member Profiles
34 Business Sense 35 Washington Report 40 Spotlight On 42 Trends in Drug Use
47 Focus on Alcohol Testing
index of advertisers 5
Alere Toxicology 800.340.4029 /
www.aleretoxicology.com
48 27 57 55
BB&T Insurance Services, Inc. 800.356.9804 /
Insurance.BBT.com
Biochemical Diagnostics, Inc. 800.223.4835 /
www.biochemicaldiagnostics.com
Bluing Products, Inc. 620.960.0358 /
www.bluingproducts.com
ClearStar.net 321.821.3383 /
www.clearstar.net
IFC Clinical Reference Laboratory 800.452.5677 /
www.crlcorp.com
IBC Compliance Information Systems 877.376.3691 /
www.everitest.net
21
GO2 Lab Media 877.822.4333 /
www.go2labmedia.com
50 Ask Alice 52 Name that Drug 54 DATIA in Motion
56 State Drug Testing Law 101
58 New Member Listing
28 Recap: DATIA 2015 Your Gateway to
International Connections
41 51 15 25
Immunalysis Corporation 888.664.8378 /
www.immunalysis.com
Intoximeters, Inc. 314.429.4000 /
http://www.intox.com
OraSure Technologies, Inc. 800.869.3538 /
www.orasure.com
PAS Systems, International 800.660.7643 /
www.pasintl.com
23, BC Quest Diagnostics 800.877.7484 /
EmployerSolutions.com
7 44 46 SCITECK 800.749.4537 /
www.sciteck.org
State Drug Testing Laws 954.255.8650 /
StateDrugTestingLaws.com
USDTL 800.235.2367 /
www.usdtl.com
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