Imagine if you were a supervisor, manager or owner of a business and you suspected one of your employees was high on drugs. What can you do? What should you do? Should you demand workplace drug testing to confirm your suspicions? Wind back the clock before workplace drug testing This is a tough situation,...
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MP calls for increased drug testing on roads in Victoria
As we alluded to in one of last week’s posts (see Policing the police with drug testing), many people would like to see less drug testing on our roads, but a Victorian MP disagrees, penning a media release stating why she believes that drug testing in Victoria should be increased. As well as calling...
Policing the police with drug testing
One of the regular comments on our Facebook page when we provide a report on drug testing – particularly roadside testing – is that the police should leave ‘innocent’, hard-working Australians alone and instead test themselves and law makers… Or words to that effect. More on the police and drug testing in Australia later...
Australians’ drug and alcohol habits exposed
According to an article in the West Australian, Australians are smoking less, still drinking dangerously high amounts and taking more drugs than they were three years ago. The article is based on an Australian Institute of Health and Welfare survey, which involved more than 22,000 Australians aged 14 and over. According to the article:...
Why is drug testing necessary?
National Drug Strategy Household Survey 2019 One of the common criticisms of police forces, governments and organisations like ours around Australia when it comes to drug testing is that it’s just revenue raising or that it’s picking on people unfairly. However, there is no shortage of evidence to support why roadside and workplace testing...
Drug and alcohol testing hits the back street in WA
According to an article on the PerthNow website, WA drivers who use the back streets to avoid roadside drug and alcohol testing better watch out! That’s because the WA Police are now using smaller, more manoeuvrable Mercedes-Benz Sprinter vans to help police catch impaired drivers. This will allow the WA Police to take their...
Drug testing in Victoria an open and shut case
Police conduct drug testing on Victoria’s roads and on Victoria’s waterways, while organisations such as Integrity Sampling conduct drug testing in Victoria’s workplaces, so it shouldn’t surprise that tests are also carried out in the state’s prisons… And the results aren’t anything to crow about. An article in the Geelong Advertiser on Sunday highlights...
Alcohol testing results alarm ACT Police
An article on the-riotact.com claims that ACT Policing is alarmed at a spike in failed alcohol testing results and is warning Canberra motorists to stay safe and not to drink and drive. The article claims that the first week of July has seen an alarming spike in the number of people failing alcohol testing...
Can you beat saliva drug testing?
One of the frequent questions we get asked is ‘Can you beat drug testing?’. Now, while some people may raise their eyebrows at the question and wonder what illegal substance the person asking has been taking lately, we do our best to keep a straight face and consider that the question may be a...
Aussies turning to drugs
Australian Associated Press has featured an alarming article that highlights that, “Australia’s toxic love affair with stimulants is in full bloom, driven by a relentless appetite for ice, samples from sewage treatment plants show.” The article uses as evidence the results from recent monitoring of wastewater from sites across Australia. They say the most...