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Fairfax County Times: ARCpoint Labs Reports Higher Drug Use in Fairfax County
ARCpoint Labs contributed drug test results to a Quest Diagnostics’ study that found a 10-year high for drug use in 2015.
"The percentage of U.S. workers who tested positive for using drugs hit a 10-year high in 2015, according to an analysis conducted by the Madison, N.J.-based diagnostic information provider Quest Diagnostics."
ARCpoint Labs, a national drug, alcohol, DNA and steroid testing provider, contributed drug test results to Quest Diagnostics’ study. Franchisee, Jon Helm says the findings echo what he has observed at work over the past two years.
“I have seen recently, both in terms of companies and the community, drug use on the rise really over the last couple of years,” Helm said. “We’ve been doing this since March 2010, but it seems to me that we’re getting more positive testing than I’ve seen before.”
It was reported, Fairfax County students reported more LSD, cocaine, methamphetamine and heroin use within the past month than their national peers.
“I think parents hesitate to test their children, because they don’t want to accuse them or anything like that,” Helm said. “But when you read about the deaths, you wonder what happened before that…It just seems like, overall, in society, we need to be a little more cognizant and spend more time observing the situation.”
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"The percentage of U.S. workers who tested positive for using drugs hit a 10-year high in 2015, according to an analysis conducted by the Madison, N.J.-based diagnostic information provider Quest Diagnostics."
ARCpoint Labs, a national drug, alcohol, DNA and steroid testing provider, contributed drug test results to Quest Diagnostics’ study. Franchisee, Jon Helm says the findings echo what he has observed at work over the past two years.
“I have seen recently, both in terms of companies and the community, drug use on the rise really over the last couple of years,” Helm said. “We’ve been doing this since March 2010, but it seems to me that we’re getting more positive testing than I’ve seen before.”
It was reported, Fairfax County students reported more LSD, cocaine, methamphetamine and heroin use within the past month than their national peers.
“I think parents hesitate to test their children, because they don’t want to accuse them or anything like that,” Helm said. “But when you read about the deaths, you wonder what happened before that…It just seems like, overall, in society, we need to be a little more cognizant and spend more time observing the situation.”
Click here to read the full story.
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Nick Powills
FollowNick Powills, CFE, founded No Limit Agency in 2008 and serves as Chief Brand Strategist for the Chicago-based firm. No Limit is a full-service communications agency that establishes and elevates brands by bridging Public Relations, Social Media, Marketing, Advertising, Digital, and a lot of creativity, to best strategize well-rounded and successful campaigns for 50+ global franchise brands. By presenting visionary ideas and building real relationships, No Limit is able to create effective media branding strategies to help companies grow. Nick currently leads a staff of writers, media strategists, designers, social media experts and digital producers in an office think-tank where brands are humanized for strong, compelling media stories. Prior to starting No Limit at the age of 27, Nick spent four years working at a franchise PR agency where he mastered the art of building rapport with media outlets and creating newsworthy pitches for earned media placements. He holds a Bachelor of Journalism from Drake University in Iowa.
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