The start of March marked an important moment for medicinal cannabis users in Victoria, with laws requiring an automatic loss of licence for positive roadside drug tests involving cannabis modified.…
Category: Drug testing
Workplace drug testing is a broad term that describes any drug testing implemented in workplaces. It can include methods such as saliva and urine drug testing.
What medications can be detected in workplace drug testing?
Many people assume that workplace drug testing only detects illegal substances such as cannabis, heroin, methamphetamines, cocaine, and MDMA. However, this isn’t the case. Prescription medications and even some over-the-counter…
ACT now conducting roadside drug testing for cocaine
If you live in the ACT, here’s news that you may have missed in amongst summer festivities, holidays (if you were lucky) and getting the kids back to school. Police…
Quizzing the cost of roadside drug testing analysis in Tasmania
How much does it cost to analyse roadside drug testing results in Tasmania? Is it $147, $155 or $195 and, you might ask, what does it matter anyway? The question…
How does random workplace drug testing work?
When you begin implementing a drug and alcohol management program for your workplace, one of the decisions you’ll need to make is around testing. Not just whether you’ll conduct drug…
Ensuring safety with drug and alcohol testing in the NSW warehousing and distribution sector
The warehousing and distribution industry in New South Wales plays a critical role in keeping businesses and consumers connected with essential goods. Country-wide, the value of the sector was estimated…
Failed Northern Territory roadside drug testing just part of story
What’s sillier than failing roadside drug testing in the Northern Territory? How about failing to stop at a random testing station? Or, forcing police to initiate a pursuit and driving…
Drug testing in Victoria gains wheels
Here’s sobering news from Victoria if you’re considering purchasing a used car. As well as the usual roadworthy and other checks, it may pay to have your prospective car undergo…
Roadside v workplace drug testing in Queensland: 5000 ways to improve safety
Roadside drug testing is drug testing, right? Well, not quite. There are differences in the methods that police forces around Australia conduct their drug testing and it can be the…
Protecting South Australia’s communities with drug testing in councils
Across South Australia, local councils play a vital role in maintaining public spaces, managing infrastructure and delivering essential services to communities. It’s an important role and one where the safety…
What happens if an employee tests positive for drugs
Employee drug testing is an essential tool for maintaining safety, productivity and compliance. One question that is often asked by employers considering implementing testing is “What happens if an employee…
Implementing drug and alcohol testing in your Tasmanian workplace in 2025
For some Tasmanian business owners and managers, the festive season brings more stress than joy. They worry about employees coming to work after a party or a night out, still…
The importance of drug testing in the logistics industry
Transportation and logistics is big business in Western Australia. The industry manages the storage and freight of billions of dollars of goods every year in Australia. It also employs over…
Drugs and drug testing hits the headlines in NSW
Drugs and drug testing have hit the news headlines in NSW recently, with calls for an increase in roadside drug testing. At the same time, the state digests the key…
Constructing a case for drug testing in the NT
There’s no doubt that construction is big in the NT, with the industry employing more than eight per cent of working Territorians. However, stats indicate it’s also one of the…
Is having an ‘accident’ in your pants a good reason to avoid workplace drug testing?
Is having an “accident” in your pants a good excuse to avoid workplace drug testing? According to a recent Fair Work Commission decision, the answer is no. In a case…
Pill testing in Victoria set to commence with Beyond the Valley music festival
After an about-turn by the state government, testing of drugs is set to commence in Victoria with the Beyond the Valley music festival in late December. A further nine more…
New Zealand a step closer to introducing roadside drug testing
We may have been conducting roadside drug testing in Australia since as early as 2004, but over the ditch it’s a different story. However, that is likely to change soon.…
Drug testing will catch you in Queensland this silly season
With the festive season—or “silly season,” as it’s often called—just around the corner, now is the perfect time for an important reminder. If you take drugs and then drive, go…
Illicit ADHD medication use a concern
What would you say if we told you that 54 per cent of Australians who took part in a recent survey admitted to taking pharmaceutical stimulants, such as ADHD medication,…