Drug Test Timeline

The Drug Free Workplace Act

Congress passes the Drug Free Workplace Act requiring companies awarded federal contracts to institute drug testing as a condition of contract.

January 30, 1996

Psychemedics introduces a personal hair testing service for parents

Psychemedics introduced the PDT-90® personal drug testing service for parents who wanted to use hair-testing technology to test their children for drug use.

January 30, 1995

The Drug and Alcohol Testing Industry Association ( DATIA) is founded.

DATIA, The Drug and Alcohol Testing Industry Association, is founded with it stated mission to work closely with and influence key policy makers in Federal

January 30, 1995

Anheuser Busch, makers of Budweiser beer, Miller beer, and many other brands, begins a policy of drug-testing in the workplace

In a notable irony, Anheuser Busch, makers of Budweiser beer, [Miller beer], and many other brands, maintains a policy of drug-testing in the workplace. Urinalysis

January 30, 1995

$77,000 per Drug Test!!!

A congressional committee estimated that the cost of each positive in government testing was $77,000 because the positive rate was only 0.5%.

January 30, 1992

The U.S. Supreme Court allows the Veronia School District in the State of Washington to require suspicionless, mass urinalysis for high school and junior high school athletes.

The U.S. Supreme Courts, citing a drug crisis that has reached “epidemic proportions”, rules in favor of a Veronia, Washington School District law mandating mass

January 30, 1992

The American Civil Liberties Union recommends Impairment Testing as a reasonable alternative to urinalysis and hair testing.

Realizing that an impairment-free standard must be maintained for certain professions involving public safety, the American Civil Liberties Union suggests an alternative to urinalysis and

January 30, 1991

Congress requires random drug testing for any U.S. Worker in safety sensitive positions

January 30, 1991

Never… Ever… Forget: 9/11 at High Times Magazine

September 11, 2019

(The following is an excerpt from my eternal work-in-progress, Reefer Dadness (c). rc) On Tuesday, September 11, 2001, I was on the commuter train to

The U.S. Supreme Court, citing the administrative search exception, finds a limited application of suspicionless government drug testing constitutional for the first time.

January 30, 1988

The United States Supreme Court, citing the administrative search exception, finds constitutional a Custom Service program requiring all Custom Service employees seeking promotions to certain

Louis Armstrong Turns On The World: West End Blues & Muggles

January 15, 2021

On the morning of June 28, 1928, six months after Lil left him and the band, Louis Armstrong reconvened the Hot Five with Earl

Drug Test Timeline

The Drug Free Workplace Act

Psychemedics introduces a personal hair testing service for parents

The Drug and Alcohol Testing Industry Association ( DATIA) is founded.

Anheuser Busch, makers of Budweiser beer, Miller beer, and many other brands, begins a policy of drug-testing in the workplace

$77,000 per Drug Test!!!

The U.S. Supreme Court allows the Veronia School District in the State of Washington to require suspicionless, mass urinalysis for high school and junior high school athletes.

The American Civil Liberties Union recommends Impairment Testing as a reasonable alternative to urinalysis and hair testing.

Congress requires random drug testing for any U.S. Worker in safety sensitive positions

Never… Ever… Forget: 9/11 at High Times Magazine

The U.S. Supreme Court, citing the administrative search exception, finds a limited application of suspicionless government drug testing constitutional for the first time.

Louis Armstrong Turns On The World: West End Blues & Muggles

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