Pubdate: Thu, 07 Feb 2002
Source: Advocate-News (CA)
Copyright: 2002, MediaNews Group, Inc.
Contact:  http://www.advocate-news.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1661
Note: Atricle title by map editor; article ran under column heading 'Loose 
Ends'.
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/testing.htm (Drug Testing)

Loose Ends:

NOCAL DRUG TESTING BUSINESS FOLDS

- - Mendocino Drug & Alcohol Testing, a relatively short-lived Fort Bragg 
business, will close its doors for good on Feb. 28, according to a fax from 
general partners Kent Brown and Gloria Renteria. They write: "We are 
pleased to have offered an important service to our community. We deeply 
regret to say that we have not experienced our projected revenue base, due, 
in large measure, to a lack of support from local businesses. It's a sad 
commentary when many of our friends, local business owners, suggest that if 
they drug tested their employees, they'd be out there doing all the work 
themselves. 'Don't ask, don't tell' seems to be a local motto."

On the other hand, drug testing is already available via local physicians, 
Coast Hospital and a Ukiah-based testing service. A lot of employers also 
keep an eye out for employees who start their day with Reese's Peanut 
Butter Cups and Dr. Pepper.
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MAP posted-by: Jackl