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Required Drug Screens Snag Potential Ohio Energy Workforce

Workers stand near a Chesapeake Well in Carroll County.
Workers stand near a Chesapeake Well in Carroll County.
8:34AM
January
10, 2013

Development of oil and gas fields in Ohio’s Utica shale formation is expected to ramp up in the next two years. But, industry leaders say they’ve hit a snag, too few potential workers can pass a required drug screen.