According to a Canberra Times article, more than four percent of Australians who have never tried cannabis would do, if lawmakers legalised its use. The article is based on research by the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre and UNSW Sydney, which also showed about 2.6 per cent of the overall population are likely...
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Alcohol testing shock in NSW
According to an article on news.com.au, a woman in NSW has allegedly been caught in alcohol testing with a reading more than five times the legal limit. The driver was stopped in Mogo, near Batemans Bay, after Police received several calls about A car being driven erratically on the Princes Highway. As well as...
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 may sound somewhat funny it does have a serious message. The incident involved a Nunawading man who was noticed by Victoria Police while patrolling...
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 loss of license on the road and at the very least a black mark against you at work. Or will it? Before you start...
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 he returned a positive roadside drug test because he had been at a his grandfather’s wake the previous night, where there had been “smoking...
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 a test. Now, in Toowoomba, comes news of a truck driver who has not only refused a drug test, his locked himself in his...
Integrity Sampling joins Healthy Heads in Trucks & Sheds as members
Integrity Sampling has joined Healthy Heads in Trucks & Sheds as members to assist with the promotion of mental health and wellbeing of transport and logistics workers. It can be easy to go without noticing the sacrifice made for goods to arrive at our door or for food to arrive at our supermarkets, but...
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 the Work Health and Safety Act that were passed last year. The changes included requirements for safety-focused Western Australian businesses to undertake drug testing...
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, called Operation Hotshot, in a relentless crackdown on illicit drug operations and impaired driving, including: Operation Hotshot, which will focus on selected suburbs and...
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 you answered that the worker’s productivity would be down, they would be regularly late to work or didn’t turn up at all, or that...