![]() Post-accident positivity was 316.7% higher for opiates (hydrocodone/hydromorphone) and 200% higher for oxycodones (oxycodone/oxymorphone) than in preemployment testing. Accommodation and food service had the highest workforce positivity for marijuana at 7.5%, a relative increase of 114.3% over 5 years (3.5% in 2017 versus 7.5% in 2021), Quest’s analysis shows. Overall marijuana positivity increased in all industries and by double digits in 15 industries from 2017 to 2021. “The increase in post-accident positivity is alarming and suggests more drug-associated accidents may be occurring even with employers with pre-employment drug testing in place,” Barry Sample, PhD, senior science consultant for Quest, said in a statement. general workforce for marijuana was 63.4% higher and 266.7% higher for cocaine compared with preemployment testing, according to Quest. The positivity rate in post-accident urine testing in the U.S. Over 5 years, positivity for marijuana in the general U.S. workforce-based on more than 6 million urine tests-continued an upward climb, increasing 8.3% (3.6% in 2020 versus 3.9% in 2021), the highest positivity rate ever reported in Quest’s annual Drug Testing Index. Positivity rates for marijuana in the general U.S. The company also reports increases in positive test results among the general workforce. Positive results for marijuana increased 8.9% (0.79% in 2020 to 0.86% in 2021), positive test results for amphetamines increased 7.8% (0.64% in 2020 to 0.69% in 2021), and positive results for cocaine increased 5.0% (0.20% in 2020 to 0.21% in 2021). Moreover, overall positivity in the federally mandated, safety-sensitive workforce, based on nearly 2.7 million urine drug tests, stayed even year over year (2.2% in both 20) but was 4.8% higher than in 2017 (2.1%), Quest adds.Īfter 5 years of steady declines in several drug categories, positivity rates based on urine drug tests for the federally mandated, safety-sensitive workforce increased in 2021, the company reports.
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