Would you drive your child to or from school while being under the influence of drugs or alcohol? Hopefully most people would say no, but, as police in South Australia have discovered, some people are willing to take the risk. According to an article on the 9 News website, South Australian police nabbed six...
Category: Drug and alcohol testing
News and views on workplace drug and alcohol testing
Drink and alcohol testing in Shoalhaven
According to an article in the South Coast Register, a high-visibility road safety enforcement campaign conducted across the Shoalhaven area over the weekend has resulted in multiple charges being laid for failing drug and alcohol testing and other offences. “The high-visibility operation was enforced across Nowra and Bay and Basin between Friday, January 29...
Drug testing in South Australia and ACT makes the news
Drug testing has made the news in South Australia and the ACT and, this time at least, it’s not all bad news. South Australia drug testing news In South Australia, a major blitz on roadside drug testing and alcohol testing has caught out many ‘selfish drivers’ who were caught driving while under the influence...
Queensland Police drug and alcohol testing heats up
A Queensland Police summer road safety campaign has been in full swing in January, with alcohol and drug testing a large part of the campaign. According to the Queensland Police website, through January, Nebo Police and surrounding divisions have been conducting high visibility and high volume vehicle intercepts on the Peak Downs Highway. Between...
Geelong drug and alcohol testing fails
An article in the Geelong Advertiser has highlighted that police are calling for vigilance after a spate of roadside drug and alcohol testing positive results. The article quotes Geelong Highway Patrol Senior Sergeant Craig Stevens, who said that police were conducting more random breath tests and drug tests than ever before. He added that...
Drug and alcohol testing resolution
Some workplace managers and owners spend the whole of the festive season feeling worried. Worried that one of their employees is going to come to work after a party, still under the influence of alcohol or drugs, and have an accident. Well, it’s time to stop worrying and set a New Year’s resolution that...
Workplace drug and alcohol testing works
We harp on about the need for workplace drug and alcohol testing, but does it actually make a difference? While few studies have been conducted on the subject, perhaps because of the complexities of doing so, one study that did was published in the Safety Science Journal in October 2014. As the study authors...
Safely does it, with workplace drug and alcohol testing
Workplace drug and alcohol testing is seen by some to be controversial, however, when it’s handled properly and done for the right reason it’s absolutely unnecessary for it to be seen as contentious. What is the right reason? It’s pretty simple – safety. As we’ve highlighted before in our blogs, workplace drug and alcohol...
An ICY retirement in NSW
A police roadside operation in NSW over the weekend, which included drug and alcohol testing, has sent another reminder that when it comes to drug use and drug possession, age is no barrier. Operation Chrome was held across the South West Metropolitan Region and regional areas of NSW between Friday and Saturday, targeting criminal...
Victoria Police out in force with drug and alcohol testing
An article in The Australian relates to last weekend but deserves a read, to remind people that booze buses have returned to Victoria and will be conducting drug and alcohol testing across the state. The timing of the booze buses return coincided with Victorians being able to travel further after weeks of lockdown. According...