Substance Abuse Testing

• Almost 75% of all drug and alcohol abusers are employed, 65% of people entering the work force have used illegal drugs


• 14% of all employees have drugs in their system.


• Up to 65% of all work-related accidents can be traced to substance abuse.


• Drug abuse costs businesses $75 billion annually due to lower productivity, higher health insurance premiums, workers' comp costs, absenteeism, theft, vandalism, and turnover.


• The average employer spends an average 15% more on health care per year due to illegal drug use.


• For every dollar an employer invests in a drug-free workplace program, $5-$16 is saved in drug-related costs

The numbers speak for themselves. An employer who has implemented a drug-free workplace can expect a 50% decrease in: excessive lateness, absences, accidents, workers comp claims; and a 60% decrease in internal theft.

Pinnacle Professional Services is committed to ensuring workplace safety through innovative educational programs, pre-employment screening, internal investigations and security and risk consulting. Our forensic quality substance abuse testing services are just one more tool available to our clientele in reducing work-place loss and ensuring employee safety. All positive specimens are confirmed at a certified laboratory by Gas Chromatography / Mass Spectrometry, which has been recognized by the courts as the definitive method to verify a positive test result. As an additional service, Pinnacle offers a comprehensive adulterant panel to test whether an individual has attempted to alter their specimen.

Due to the frustration expressed by many companies over the delays associated with sending test specimens to an out of state laboratory and waiting for test results, Pinnacle Professional Services is proud to offer on-site collection and testing services with 5-minute results on all non-CDL drug tests. Clients can now take advantage of the convenience and added security of having their employees tested at their place of work and avoid the hassle and added time of sending their employees to a medical clinic for specimen collection. Our on-site testing offers easy, efficient, effective and accurate substance abuse testing for: cocaine, marijuana, methampetamine, opiates, amphetamines, pheneyelidine, methadone, tricylic antidepressants, benzodiazepines and barbiturates.

Substance abuse testing of employees by employers requires a balancing of the employer's right and duty to maintain a safe and healthy workplace against the employee's right to privacy and civil liberty interests. Pinnacle Professional Services can help your institution establish a drug free workplace by providing:

• On-site substance abuse training.


• A written substance abuse policy in Spanish and English.


• On-Site rapid testing for non-CDL drug tests.


• Collection available onsite or at a conveniently located medical facility.


• Medical review services for employees with positive results.


• Computer generated random testing.


• Substance abuse testing summary reports.