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National Prevention Week Inspires Action
Mark your calendars for National Prevention Week this week on May 12 – 18, 2019. Sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), this campaign is dedicated to increasing public awareness about mental health and substance use disorders.
Colorado high: six years of recreational marijuana
After five years, researchers have compiled a substantial amount of data about the effects of recreational marijuana throughout Colorado.
Painkiller use around the world
Today, on International Overdose Awareness Day we take a look at American opioid use compared to the broader global landscape. The results inform why the epidemic is not slowing down.
6 highlights: Urine drug testing webinar
We kicked off our three-part webinar series, Back to basics, focusing on urine drug testing. Read six highlights from the webinar surrounding best practices for collections and laboratory processes that help to ensure an accurate urine drug test.
Understanding drug use – the heroin connection
The Center for Disease Control (CDC) reports that heroin use is a key part of a larger substance abuse problem, as nearly all heroin users take at least one other drug.
Cannabis brief
Marijuana legislation in the United States is constantly changing. Understanding marijuana use statutes is important because its use, cultivation, and distribution can impact the general public, including the workforce.
Top 10 U.S. metropolitan areas with the highest marijuana positivity
Quest data shows that the states with the highest marijuana positivity do not necessarily contain cities with the highest positivity. See the top 10 list.
Drug testing live in Lenexa
Quest invited SAPAA attendees to tour our Lenexa, KS facility which is the largest single-site workplace drug testing laboratory in the United States. Our scientists led guests through the drug testing process from start to finish so they could see our lab in action.
Benzodiazepines: the new drug crisis?
While our country faces the harsh realities of the opioid epidemic, benzodiazepines are also emerging as popular drugs of abuse. Bloomberg dubbed benzodiazepines, sometimes called “benzos,” as American’s next big drug problem.