Number of people who tested positive for stimulant grew 68% last year NEW YORK - Often made on the cheap in simple home-based labs, methamphetamine is fast finding its way into the workplace, a new report indicates. Employers who screen job applicants and workers for drugs saw the number testing positive for methamphetamine surge 68 percent last year, according to Quest Diagnostics Inc., the country's largest testing company, and the drug's use is likely to continue increasing as the potent stimulant spreads to the Eastern United States. [continues 637 words]
Meanwhile, labs and firms work aggressively to screen out cheaters Put 30 drug-testing workers in a room for a few hours and it isn't long before they start trading strange -- and somewhat indelicate -- tales of urine collection. Talk of false penises, and synthetic urine formulated in separate his and hers versions. Stories of specimens doctored to the most vivid hues of blue, green and purple, and others spiked with bleach or diluted with chewing tobacco. And accounts of mystery concoctions ingested or added to try to ensure that urine does not betray the drug use of its provider. [continues 456 words]
