Drug & Alcohol Testing Industry News
Medical Marijuana and Workplace Drug Testing
Medical marijuana licenses are on the rise. As discussed in the article Medical marijuana and workplace drug testing from Verify Diagnostics Inc. medical marijuana licenses are on the rise with the changes to the Marihuana for Medical Purposes Regulations (MMPR) in...
DATAC Now Offers a US DOT Drug Testing Course
DATAC is please to announce that the development of its US DOT drug testing course is now complete. This course is like no other available online at this time. Built on the same format as our other courses, the Certified DOT Specimen Collector (CDSC) course is a...
Canadian Army’s Push for More Drug Testing Blocked
The Canadian Army has once again tried and failed to push through a more stringent screening process for its troops, both over seas and on the home front. The now retired Lt-General Peter Devlin recommended that even high-readiness soldiers should be tested on a more...
Teck Coal to Continue Random Testing
Teck Coal will continue to preform random drug and alcohol testing to its 5 coal mines even though the Supreme Court Of Canada has deemed the practice “unreasonable”. Only implemented last year, Teck spokesman Nic Milligan says the company plans to continue testing...
Teck Coal Random Alcohol Testing Update
On June 3, 2013, A British Columbian Arbitrator denied the United Steelworkers application for an interim injunction that would prohibit the performance of random drug and alcohol testing at Teck Coal Mines, until the union’s grievances were addressed. The decision...