Drug Testing

In its budget proposal for 2019, the Trump administration has requested approximately $17 billion dollars to address the opioid epidemic. In general, the proposal allocates funding for new [...]

Citing safety concerns about opioid exposure in children, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has mandated new labeling requirements for prescription cough and cold medicines that contain [...]

Why do some people require high dosages of opioids to manage their pain, while others only need low dosages, or even cope without? The answer depends on the person’s metabolism and the cause of [...]

Owners of small businesses are dealing more and more with the drug epidemic at the workplace these days as the use of drugs and alcohol has increased in the last several years. Many want to [...]

CVS Caremark, the prescription drug management division of CVS Health drugstores, will limit opioid prescriptions for new patients to supplies for just seven days. It provides medications for [...]

Much of drug testing, particularly in the criminal justice arena, relies on classic urine testing. These tests are the historical go-to tests because they are quick and can check for a large [...]

Prescription drug monitoring programs (or PDMPs) are state-run databases that collect patient-specific prescription information on controlled substances at the point of dispensing. Currently, 49 [...]

The use of plant materials to relieve suffering, treat illness or in religious ceremonies has a long history. Occasionally, the Industry News section will look more closely at the history of a [...]

Clinical toxicology testing helps clinicians and case workers help patients by providing critical information about substances in a patient’s system. There are two main testing platforms: [...]

Reflecting the pervasiveness of drugs in the news, the Associated Press has updated its official stylebook with new guidelines on the usage of many terms related to drugs and addiction. Updates [...]