by Bostec | Sep 27, 2021 | Addiction, Alcohol testing, Teenage Drug Use
Helping teenagers overcome addictions to drugs or alcohol can involve multiple steps, but by far the most important is just getting started. It can be difficult for many parents to overcome the perception of stigma attached to their kids using drugs. However, for...
by Bostec | Oct 23, 2019 | Addiction, Alcohol testing, Drug Policies, Drug Testing
Managers and supervisors tend to watch for certain signs among their employees that can be evidence of drug use: a new pattern of being late to work, an increase in the number of mistakes, changes in attitude, etc. All of these are common signals that a team member...
by Bostec | Jun 19, 2019 | Addiction, Drug Testing, Teenage Drug Use
Quitting drugs or alcohol is hard. So hard, in fact, that it’s not unlikely that at some point you might slip up and indulge in drugs or alcohol again, no matter how much progress you’ve been making. A relapse is not a sign of failure, however. As long as you’re...
by Bostec | Dec 19, 2018 | Addiction, Drug Testing
When quitting drugs, or when helping someone else to quit, there are a number of components to consider. The most important place to start is at the beginning, though, and that’s what this post is about. In most cases, the major prerequisite to quitting drugs is...
by Bostec | Aug 22, 2018 | Addiction, Drug Facts, Drug Testing
An important element in the fight against drug use and addiction is awareness of the drugs currently hot on the market. Bostec’s website lists a number of the drugs you might have heard of, including common names for methamphetamines, opioids, cocaine and more. Other...
by Bostec | Jan 18, 2018 | Addiction, Drug Testing
New rules are now in place regarding federal Department of Transportation drug testing that have added the semi-synthetic opioids hydrocodone, oxycodone, hydromorphone and oxymorphone to the screening list. You might know these as one of these common brand-name...
