Exhibit 99.1
DATE: January 27, 2003

FROM:
MEDTOX Scientific, Inc.
402 West County Road D
St. Paul, MN  55112
Contact:  Stephen Anderson (877) 715-7236

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

             MEDTOX SCIENTIFIC, INC., OVERVIEWED IN INDUSTRY REPORT

     St.  Paul,  Minn.,  January  27,  2003  - An  article  highlighting  MEDTOX
Scientific,  Inc. (Amex:  TOX) in The Dark Report on Tuesday,  December 9, 2002,
can be accessed on the Internet at http://www.medtox.com/MTXWeb/News/News.asp

MEDTOX Scientific, Inc., headquartered in St. Paul, Minn., is a provider of high
quality specialized  laboratory and  on-site/point-of-collection  (POC) devices.
The company also supports  customers with complete  logistics,  data and program
management  services.  MEDTOX develops and manufactures  diagnostic  devices for
quick and  economical  on-site/point-of-collection  analysis for drugs of abuse,
therapeutic drugs and biological and agricultural toxins and provides employment
drug screening and occupational health testing.  MEDTOX is a leader in providing
esoteric  laboratory testing services to hospitals and laboratories  nationwide.
This  includes  both  central   laboratory   and   bio-analytical   testing  for
pharmaceutical  clinical  trials.  To be  automatically  alerted by e-mail about
company    information,    please   go   to    http://www.corporate-ir.net/ireye
/ir_site.zhtml?ticker=tox&script=1900 and follow the directions on the page. For
more information see http://www.medtox.com.

Note: The referenced article was not prepared by MEDTOX Scientific,  Inc. MEDTOX
is not responsible for its accuracy or completeness,  and the opinions expressed
in the article are those of its author.