The National Marijuana Initiative (NMI) is one of three national initiatives within the federal High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) Program. The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy has established HIDTA task forces all over the country to...
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NDASA overview of CBD and drug testing
This is a quick-hit handout designed to promote understanding about CBD, an ingredient of the cannabis plant. To download this guide in a .pdf file format, please click here. CBD There is currently NO over-sight by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration of the CBD...
What every employer should know about marijuana and the workplace
Marijuana is an impairing substance. The user experiences reduced motor coordination, short-term memory loss and altered reaction time, all of which has destructive effects in the workplace. High doses of THC, the active ingredient in the cannabis plant, can cause...
COMPLIANCE ALERT: New York Approves Adult Use of Marijuana Bill
By NDASA member William Judge, JD, LL.M., founder of the Drug Screening Compliance Institute and an attorney with more than three decades of experience in drug screening compliance. New York, this week, became the 15th state (in addition to Washington D.C.) to...
My CBD says it’s THC-free, Will I pass my drug test?
By Chuck Marting, Colorado Mobile Testing , Impairment Detection Academy, Host of Clearing the Haze podcast. At the beginning of this third quarter I met with one of our clients who had been selected for a random DOT drug test. As we sat down, the driver who also...
Buyer Beware: CBD, THC and Drug Testing
Is CBD medicine or isn’t it? Is it safe? Can it impact a drug test result? Cannabis has been the focus of considerable debate, advocacy, and policy, generating both interest and misinformation. There is a great deal of uncertainty about cannabis and cannabinoid...