Currently Speaking

Currently Speaking

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Currently Speaking episodes

  • Vote for Bill Current for NDASA Board

    Bill Current, President & Founder of the Current Consulting Group and a member of NDASA, is running for the NDASA Board of Directors.


    “If I’m fortunate enough to get your vote I pledge to bring my many years of experience and knowledge to the NDASA leadership team to make the coming years as successful as possible.” Bill Current

    2 min
  • Currently Speaking on State Law Update: Drug testing policies for multi-state employers


    The legalization of marijuana has spooked many employers into giving up on testing for cannabis. They either erroneously think it’s not legal to test for marijuana in their state or that it’s not worth the trouble. Besides, too many employers are having trouble finding people to hire and pre-employment testing for marijuana just makes it that much harder, right? The inevitable result of this course of thinking is that companies are hiring a lot more drug users and the consequences can be tragic. Join us for this week’s episode of Currently Speaking as Bill Current, President, and Founder of Current Consulting Group, discusses marijuana laws with Current’s Senior Legal Consultant, Yvette, Farnsworth Baker, Esq.

    12 min
  • Oral Fluid Science & Technology, Part 2

    Listen to Part 2 of the Oral Fluid Science & Technology topic- with Bill Current and Brian Feeley of the Current Consulting Group, as they discuss the state of oral fluid drug testing and what you need to know to implement this methodology today.

    14 min
  • CCG State Law Update: California and Washington Marijuana Law

    In this episode of Currently Speaking, Bill Current interviews Yvette Farnsworth Baker, Esq., to discuss drug testing for marijuana in California and Washington. New laws in both states are raising a lot of questions, and Yvette takes us through the laws and gives insight that will help employers and drug testing providers better respond to these new requirements.

    Yvette Farnsworth Baker is Senior Legal Consultant and director for all law-related services at Current Consulting Group, including state drug testing laws and policy development.
    Yvette is a licensed attorney and member of the Florida Bar. As an expert in drug and alcohol testing case law, Yvette regularly consults on issues involving state law and federal regulations in addition to authoring articles for industry publications.
    She helps produce content for Current Compliance, Current Consulting Group’s comprehensive and up-to-date online database of state drug testing laws, including marijuana and workers’ compensation laws, available by subscription.
    Watch or listen to this episode and let us know what questions you have and how we can help you be Current too.

    21 min
  • Oral Fluid Science & Technology Podcast, Part 1

    In Current Consulting Group’s 25th Annual Drug Testing Industry Survey conducted in 2023, 46% of survey participants predicted that oral fluid will be the most used drug testing method in the future, the same percentage that predicted it will still be urine.

    In a recent conversation with a client, Brian Feeley, Current Consulting Group’s Vice President, predicted that between lab-based and rapid-result tests, 50-60% of all drug tests will be oral fluid in the not-too-distant future. Brian spent 26 years leading sales for OraSure Technologies, the number-one recognized brand name in lab-based oral fluid testing according to Current’s survey. He has devoted a large portion of his career to presenting oral fluid testing as an alternative to other drug testing methods. He has seen interest in oral fluid testing increase slowly but steadily during career… until 2019 when SAMHSA approved it, 2022 when DOT issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for oral fluid testing, 2023 when DOT issued its final regulations, and finally 2023 when 86% of drug testing providers in Current’s annual survey indicated they now offer oral fluid testing, up from 35% just five years ago.

    In this episode of Currently Speaking, Bill Current and Brian Feeley discuss the state of oral fluid drug testing and what you need to know to implement this methodology today. This is the first in a series on oral fluid testing.

    16 min

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The Current Consulting Group is uniquely qualified to meet its dual mission, which is to help employers comply with all applicable drug testing laws & regulations and to help employee screening…