GOVERNMENT DRUG TESTING SERVICES

Government testing:

Federal Drug- Free Workplace Program established pursuant to Executive Order No. 12564.

The Federal government, as the largest employer in the Nation, can and should show the way towards achieving drug-free workplaces through a program designed to offer drug users a helping hand and, at the same time, demonstrating to drug users and potential drug users that drugs will not be tolerated in the Federal workplace.

Drug-Free Workplace.

(a) Federal employees are required to refrain from the use of illegal drugs.

(b) The use of illegal drugs by Federal employees, whether on duty or off duty, is contrary to the efficiency of the service.

(c) Persons who use illegal drugs are not suitable for Federal employment.

Trusted and comprehensive testing solutions are tailored to meet the unique needs and regulations of government agencies at all levels.

Mandatory Guidelines for Federal Workplace Drug Testing Programs using Urine (UrMG) allow federal executive branch agencies to test for additional Schedule II drugs of the Controlled Substances Act ( i.e., oxycodone, oxymorphone, hydrocodone and hydromorphone) in federal drug-free workplace programs, remove methylenedioxyethylamphetamine (MDEA) from the authorized drugs in Section 3.4, add methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA) as an initial test analyte, raise the lower pH cutoff from 3 to 4 for identifying specimens as adulterated.

Dangerous Drug: For testing purposes, this manual will primarily be concerned with: (a) Amphetamines (speed) (b) Cocaine (c) Opiates (morphine, codeine, and heroin) (d) Marijuana (e) Phencyclidine (PCP or angel dust)