Report Shows Drug Use Highest in Brevard County Florida
Pilot project for mobile drug screening services covered the counties of Osceola, Orange, Seminole, and Brevard.
(PRWEB) February 15, 2005 -- In 2004, Brevard County was the focus of a pilot
project initiated by the Department of Children and Families (DCF-District 7)
and affiliated Magna Medical Screening Services for the performance of drug
tests. The clients were primarily parents under suspicion of abuse and neglect.
According to a preliminary report by Magna Medical Screening Services, drug
tests performed in Brevard County scored the highest number of positives results
than any of the four counties involved in the pilot. “From the pilot, Marijuana
(THC) and Cocaine (COC) were the two leading drugs that typically came up as
positive in tests results for Brevard County” says Smith. The pilot project
covered the counties of Osceola, Orange, Seminole, and Brevard.
Based
upon these and other findings, Magna Medical announced today that an agreement
has been reached with the State of Florida’s Eighteenth Judicial Circuit Court
to establish a drug screen and collection facility at the Brevard County Circuit
Court House in Viera, Florida. The service will be made available to all cases,
but primarily for court dependency cases.
“This is a great step in
helping Judges handle case loads” says Urainua Smith Spokesperson for Magna
Medical Services, Inc. “We will be able to immediately test individuals thus
eliminating a need for additional hearings to review results.”
The
initial project allows for Magna Medical Services to establish an on-site part
time drug screener. All lawyers, state agencies, and individuals associated with
the courthouse will have access to the service.
“A good number of
dependency cases involve drug use” says Chief Circuit Court Judge James E. C.
Perryr” It seems fitting that such a service should be made available in the
Brevard County Viera Courthouse”
This is a new direction for Magna
Medical Services, Inc which primarily provides companies and organizations
(including state entities) with mobile drug screening services.
Magna
Medical Services Inc. is an on-site drug testing service with headquarters in
Las Vegas, Nevada and regional offices located in Longwood, Florida and
Bridgeport Connecticut. Magna Medical Services Inc. has experienced drug testers
located and administers five-panel and ten-panel tests, oral fluid tests, and
hair drug as well as steroid screening and testing services. In addition, Magna
Medical offers addiction awareness training, one hour site arrival guarantee,
and double screen lab confirmations to meet all drug testing needs. Magna
Medical Services adheres to all State of Florida and U.S. Federal Government
Drug Screening requirements.
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Source : http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/2/prweb207641.htm