including seting performance standards which should eliminate any concerns and provide safeguards for those being tested. Te safest environment is one in which
people can work to their full potential and are not affected by drug use; people are always at their best when not influenced by outside factors. Hair testing offers organizations an effective alternative to help eliminate the risks associated with drug use, and has proven to be a valuable tool in the quest for road safety. Although this is just one step on the path to eliminating accidents and ensuring road safety, drug testing with hair is an effective tool available to detect and deter drug users from entering or remaining in the workplace. ❚
References 1
American Trucking Association:
http://www.trucking.org/ News_and_Information_Reports.aspx
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http://www.truckinfo.net/trucking/stats.htm
https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/regulations/drug-alcohol- testing/overview-drug-and-alcohol-rules
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https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/sites/fmcsa.dot.gov/files/docs/ Best_Practices_for_DOT_Random_Drug_and_Alcohol_ Testing_508CLN.pdf
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http://www.who.int/violence_injury_prevention/road_ safety_status/2015/en/
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2014 Morris-Kukoski et al.—Journal of Analytical Toxicology—Analysis of Extensively Washed Hair from Cocaine Users and drug Chemists to Establish New Reporting Criteria (Chemistry Unit, Federal Bureau of Investigation Laboratory Division)
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1) Hoffman, B. Analysis of race effects on drug-test results. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 41 (1999), 612–614; 2) Mieczkowski, T and Newel, R. An evaluation of patterns of racial bias in hair assays for cocaine: black and white arrestees compared. Forensic Science International. 63 (1993), 85–98; 3) Mieczkowski, T and Newel, R. An Analysis of the Racial Bias Controversy in the Use of Hair Assays. In: Drug Testing Technology: Assessment of Field Applications (ed: Mieczkowski, T.), CRC Press (1999), Boca Raton, 313–348.
Jim Dyke has been keeping the drug testing industry updated on current trends in work- place testing through active participation in the DATIA and IFDAT organizations. Raised in Northern Ontario, Canada, Jim has 25 years of international experience and ser- vice working in Canada, and throughout the UK and US. At Psychemedics Corporation, the world’s leading and largest drug testing company using hair analysis, Jim works with organizations in various industries who are mapping out changes to their drug testing programs to balance the need for both efficiency and effectiveness. He leads a team of experienced consultants in this area who have brought on major Fortune 500 companies that were challenged with increasing the effectiveness of their current drug screening programs.
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