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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16 Drug and Alcohol Free Workplace Policies—Blueprints & Best Practices By Shannon Lalley, FTS International
features
8 Protecting the Workplace and Saving Lives By Reed A. Morrison, PhD, ASAP
26 Synthetics—Faux Drugs with
Real Consequences By Rick Rayl, Florida Physician’s Recovery Network
departments
4 Letter from the Chairman
6 Letter from the Executive Director
12 New Member Profiles 14 Best Practices 24 Business Sense 30 Trends in Drug Use
34 Washington Report 36 Getting to Know 38 Spotlight On
46 Focus on Alcohol Testing
50 Ask Alice 52 DATIA in Motion
54 Marijuana Law Updates
index of advertisers 32, 33 Alere Toxicology
800.881.0722 /
escreen.com/eccf 15
IFC 5
53 19 7
BB&T Insurance Services, Inc. 800.356.9804 /
Insurance.BBT.com
Clinical Reference Laboratory 800.452.5677 /
www.crlcorp.com
Compliance Information Systems 800.647.9070 /
www.complianceinfosystems.com
Encompass Compliance Corp 866.328.7487 /
www.EncompInc.com
GO2 Lab Media 877.822.4333 /
www.go2labmedia.com
Intoximeters, Inc. 314.429.4000 /
workplacealcoholtesting.com
Drug & Alcohol Testing Industry Association •1325 G Street, NW • Suite 500#5001 • Washington, DC 20005 phone: 800-355-1257 • fax: 202-315-3579 • web:
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29 56 Name that Drug
58 State Drug Testing Law 101
60 International Drug Testing
62 New Member Listing 40 “Volume” & Effect For
Drug & Alcohol Testing By Cameron Stuart, Drug Testing Business Success
contents winter 2016 • Vol. 9 Issue 1
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OraSure Technologies, Inc. 800.869.3538 /
www.chooseintercept.com
PAS Systems, International
800.660.SNIF /
www.pasintl.com
31, BC Quest Diagnostics 39 11
57 800.877.7484 /
EmployerSolutions.com
Randox +44 (0) 28 9442 2413 /
randox.com SCITECK
800.749.4537 /
www.sciteck.org
State Drug Testing Laws 954.255.8650 /
StateDrugTestingLaws.com
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