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contents winter 2019•Vol. 12 Issue 1 cover
8 Workplace Solutions: Drug Abuse, Safety-Sensitive Industries, and How to Protect Your Bottom Line By Clinical Reference Laboratory (CRL) and Current Consulting Group (CCG)
features
18 Health Issues or High? When Reasonable Suspicion
Testing Saves Lives By Elizabeth Moss, National Safety Compliance, Inc.
22 Understanding Laws: How Mandatory, Voluntary, Workers' Compensation, Unemployment, and Industry-Specific Laws
Work in Drug Testing By Bill Current and Katherine Miller, Current Consulting Group
departments
6 Letter from the Editor 12 New Member Profile 14 Member Matters 16 Best Practices
30 Business Sense 32 Focus on Alcohol Testing 34 Washington Report
36 Marijuana Law Updates
40 State Law Update 42 Marketing Buzz
43 New Member Listing
44 Compliance Corner
26 Enabling, the Hidden Enemy By Nicholas Barry
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