drug testing
Oregon pushes for random drug screening
Oregon’s previous drug policy allowed for drug testing when there was reasonable suspicion. A recent decision by the general counsel gives temporary permission for random testing effective this month. The policy still faces a public hearing in early October. ESPN The Magazine’s April report was based on interviews with 19 current or former Oregon players…
Read MoreDrug testing procedures explained
drug testing policy, there are a variety of drug testing procedures involved in a pre-employment screening program: a company’s procedure for employee testing, state and federal procedures for legality of testing, and the different types of procedure involved in drug testing, to name just a few. For this blog post, we are going to focus…
Read MoreLance Armstrong facing drug testing woes
“If I thought for one moment that by participating in USADA’s process, I could confront these allegations in a fair setting and — once and for all — put these charges to rest, I would jump at the chance,” Armstrong said in a lengthy prepared statement Thursday evening. “But I refuse to participate in a process that…
Read MoreHow to create a drug testing policy
For this post, we are going to focus on the latter – hiring strategy – and more specifically, drug testing. A drug testing policy is vital for any business, to help ensure that those you hire are safe and sober, and that your employees remain that way once hired. Implementing a drug testing policy can…
Read MoreMultiple Olympic athletes expelled after failed drug tests
Colombian 400m runner Diego Palomeque has become the latest in a long line of athletes to formally be excluded, banned or disqualified from the 2012 London Olympics after a failed drugs test. Palomeque gave a urine sample that tested positive for testosterone. He has stated that the result was caused by him injecting himself with a homeopathic…
Read MoreIOC says: We will catch Olympic drug cheats
Olympic organisers have said their drug testing programme is strong and “if there are cheats, we will catch them”. Doubts were raised over the performance of Chinese gold medallist Ye Shiwen but she said she would never use banned substances and British Olympics chief Lord Moynihan said she was “clean”. US coach John Leonard –…
Read MoreUS athlete fails drug test – pulls out of Olympics
more than 6,000 samples expected over the course of the games. It seems that the influence of drugs, and the ferocity of drug screening procedures in place, have already begun. Sprinter Debbie Dunn recently withdrew from the U.S. Olympic team after failing a drug test during the selection trials last month. U.S. Anti-Doping Agency After trials on June 24 in Eugene,…
Read MoreDrug testing and the Olympics
The process We have been told that 150 scientists will be working around the clock to test up to 400 blood and urine samples per day. About half of the athletes competing this year will be requested – without notice – to provide samples for testing, including all medallists. Most samples taken will be urine, but…
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Florida passes drug testing for state workers
Scott’s legal team has helped the bill’s House and Senate sponsors persuade lawmakers that the drug screening will be upheld even as they defend the policy in court. The governor is being sued over a drug-testing policy he imposed on state workers last year. After the ACLU and the state workers’ union sued the state, Scott…
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