If you fail alcohol testing in Victoria repeatedly, eventually it’s likely you will receive a prison sentence. So, if you are a repeat offender for drug testing in Victoria you’d think you’ll also potentially face a spell in the big house, but you won’t. In a legal quirk, an article this week in the...
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Michael is the founder of Integrity Sampling and is responsible for overseeing all national operations. He is based at Integrity Sampling's head office in Thomastown and is also responsible for the co-ordination of drug and alcohol testing within Victoria, assisting in the implementation of drug and alcohol (fit for work) policies and the presentation of drug and alcohol education and awareness programs. You can connect with Michael Wheeldon on LinkedIn
How long does cannabis impairment last?
You enjoy a joint of cannabis now again. No judgement here, that’s your choice, but if you’re the type of person who’s reasonably responsible, you’ll want to make sure your pleasure doesn’t impact your safety or someone else’s safety. In other words, you’ll want to make sure that you’re not impaired before driving, going...
Do police face drug testing?
There’s a sport in Australia that it seems many of us love to play. There are a few versions but it can perhaps best be summed as the ‘knocking the people in charge’ game. In social media comments made under our posts, this often involves knocking the politicians and others that create the rules...
Drug and alcohol testing for MPs?
Here’s good news for all those people on our posts who call for politicians to face drug and alcohol testing. As reported in multiple media outlets, including The Australian, Liberal MPs have called for drug and alcohol testing to be introduced at Parliament House as part of efforts to improve the behaviour of colleagues...
Saliva drug testing not such as pain
Have you ever had to undergo saliva drug testing, on the roadside or at work? If you haven’t, have you ever wondered what it’s like? Is it painful or is it as annoying to your nose and throat as having a COVID-19 test? If you’ve ever had the standard COVID-19 test (with over 15...
Drugs in the news again
Tasmania drug testing and Victorian drugs crackdown Maybe it’s because we work in the drug testing industry, but everywhere we turn these days drugs are in the news. This week’s batch (pardon the pun) comes from Tasmania, where there are calls for paramedics to undertake drug and alcohol testing, and Victoria, where police are...
The real cost of drugs in workplaces and on roads
NT drug testing fail just one of string of charges What’s the real cost of drugs in our workplaces and on our roads and what measures should we use? Is it the number of failed drug testing results? Is it the cost in dollars to business, in the case drugs in workplaces, and society...
Operation Tango Anaconda targets illicit drugs in Queensland
Queensland Police are targeting illicit drugs as part of Operation Tango Anaconda, to be run for the next four months. According to an article on Brisbane’s 4BC website, as part of the operation, 726 vehicles were pulled over on the Bruce Highway near the Glass House Mountains on Tuesday night. Drug testing found that...
Taking the positive out of alcohol testing positives
When it comes to alcohol and driving, the vast majority of us know and understand the importance of staying under the legal limit. It’s not just the threat of failing alcohol testing that drives us (sorry for the pun!). It’s the understanding that if we drive while we’re above the legal limit we’re more...
It’s not just COVID showing up in our wastewater!
An article on Perth’s 6PR has highlighted that it’s not just COVID-19 showing up in our wastewater. According to the Western Australian radio station’s report, Australians spent an estimated $8.9 billion on illegal drugs in 2020. The information was gleaned from the latest round of drug testing of our wastewater, for the Australian Criminal...