from: Sergey Boldyrev

It is always a traumatizing experience to realize that your loved one has been involved in substance abuse. Sometimes you sit down in your private world and wonder if there is something you could have done to avoid something like that from happening. What makes it even worse is the fact that there could be times when you suspected that your loved one is taking drugs and you did not do anything. If you are an employer and you have a mandatory drug test for your workers, you will also need to employ various ways of testing. But many a times when one hears of drug testing, we only think of police and drug testing agencies coming to take samples and taking them for lab analysis. This is not always the case. You can now buy drug test and get to test those who you suspect are using drugs or your workers if you are an employer. ..read all

Pushing Back Blog came across some interesting news:

New Columbia University Report: Marijuana: Rite of Passage or Russian Roulette?

Despite reported declines in teen marijuana use, in 2007 almost 11 million teens report having used marijuana. For those using the drug, four alarming trends are of grave concern for parents and teens, according to Non-Medical Marijuana III: Rite of … Read More

Pushing Back Blog posted a good story:

Tampa High School Living Proof that Random Drug Testing Works

Random student drug testing is a powerful public health tool that discourages students from using dangerous, addictive drugs, and confidentially identifies those who may need help or drug treatment. Random testing also promotes a safer, healthier school learning environment.

We’re encouraged that more and more schools across the nation are considering random testing programs to keep students safe and healthy.  This story out of Tampa illustrates just one more example of their success.  At Tampa Catholic High School ZERO students out of 120 tested positive for drugs this year.  This is a tremendous example of how testing can prevent drug use among young people.  Here’s what the school’s principal had to say:…read more