The Herald Sun reported on the weekend that Victoria Police will push for cocaine to be included in roadside drug testing. And they have support from road accident experts, who…
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.
Roadside drug testing improves safety in NSW
Most of us are so used to driving a car that we forget that it’s an activity that requires a lot of skill, judgement and concentration. Negatively influencing your ability…
Drug testing in Victoria aims to save lives
What is drug testing in Victoria – at work and on the road – trying to achieve? If you listen to some people, roadside drug testing is merely a revenue…
What’s your policy on drug testing in your workplace?
In this COVID-age, there is a lot of news and questions floating around about what workplaces can and can’t do, particularly around whether an employer can make it mandatory to…
Roadside drug testing’s tough stance in South Australia
Roadside drug testing could get even tougher on motorists in South Australia under proposed rule changes. But for some the proposal goes too far. As revealed on adelaidenow.com.au, the proposal…
Highlighting the NSW drug testing fake news
Here is a dramatised conversation of a real story involving roadside drug testing in NSW. A story that gets played out every day on our roads across Australia. “Sir, this…
Increased roadside drug testing in Victoria could help to save lives
Here’s news that will have some people rejoicing and others, including the people who think roadside drug testing Victoria is just revenue raising, even hotter under the collar. According to…
We’re positive! Amazon workplace drug testing changes
In last week’s post we highlighted the dangers of cannabis in workplaces and on the roads, which may make a decision by one of the world’s leading brands seem a…
ICE a Queensland ‘Wide’ issue
An article in Queensland’s Courier Mail has highlighted that the drug ICE is an epidemic in a regional Queensland community and that it’s the main drug detected in drug testing.…
Roadside drug testing stats highlight fatal issue in Victoria
A Herald Sun article calls it the “Shocking truth behind road trauma statistics”, with roadside drug testing in Victoria and, more shockingly, road trauma investigations, laying out the awful truth…
Melbourne drug testing fail with a difference
Can you be caught for drug testing in Melbourne while riding a scooter? As highlighted by an article in a recent Whitehorse Leader, yes you can and while the incident…
What happens when you fail preliminary drug testing?
You’ve just tested positive for drugs during roadside drug testing or during a saliva drug test in the workplace. This means you will face significant consequences – a fine and…
Drug testing with a twist in Queensland
Can you fail roadside drug testing from passive smoking of cannabis? According to a driver in Queensland you can. As reported in a Courier Mail article, he told police that…
Roadside drug testing in Queensland locked in
We’ve mentioned before in our blogs that if you’re faced with drug testing on a Queensland roadside or workplace, you’re better off taking the test and failing rather than refusing…
Workplace drug testing in Western Australia not all plain sailing
There’s been quite a bit of media attention in Western Australia recently about workplace drug testing, which from our perspective needs some clarification. The media attention revolves around changes to…
Drug testing focus in Mackay, Queensland
Queensland Police has revealed a new strategy targeting drugs operations and roadside drug testing in the Mackay area. As revealed in the Courier Mail, police will use a two-pronged strategy,…
The sharp end of drug use in the workplace
If one of your employees was an amphetamines user, and was coming to work under the influence, what would be the potential threat to your business or to you? If…
Drug testing on the rise in Queensland
Last week we published a blog about roadside drug testing in Queensland and one of the messages was that if you take drugs and drive, one day the police will…
Geraldton drug testing hits the skids
According to an article in The West Australian, a Geraldton man has had his bail revoked after allegedly trying to cheat on urine drug testing. While there is little detail…
Drug testing in Queensland not the worst consequence
You would think with all the warnings about roadside drug testing in Queensland, not to mention the safety consequences of drug driving, that we’d see the rates of people getting…