An article in the Herald Sun has highlighted the danger of the drug ICE on Victoria’s roads and the government’s increase in roadside drug testing, in part to prevent further carnage. According to the article, while alcohol use is higher at night and on weekends, it is ICE that is causing carnage on the...
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Can you conduct alcohol testing on your smartphone?
If you’re a regular reader of our blogs, you’ll know that you need to be careful when relying on inexpensive personal breathalysers. If you use them to determine your blood alcohol level and then rely on this reading to drive or work safely, or not fall foul of alcohol testing, you could be setting...
South Australia drug testing positives soar
Roadside drug testing in South Australia is reaching new highs… Or should that be lows? According to an article in the Herald Sun, one in six motorists who undertake drug testing by South Australia police are being caught driving with drugs in their system. The figures have seen detection rates surge by more than...
How to pass saliva drug testing in Queensland
We know a thing or two about drug testing, so it was interesting when an article recently landed in our inbox titled: “How to Pass a Mouth Swab Drug Test (Ultimate Guide)”. The online article was published by the Detroit Metro Times, an alternative source for news, culture and more. We thought it was...
OHS (including drug and alcohol management) helps employees
Many organisations are discovering the benefits of committing to occupational health and safety, in part to improve employee satisfaction and safety performance. According to an article in the Manufacturers’ Monthly, the businesses are seeing the relationship between job satisfaction and workers’ compliance with safety management policies and the frequency of accidents. The article quotes...
Drug use on the up during COVID-19
Drug use is on the way up due to COVID-19, according to an article in the Mirage News. But before we sound the alarm bells a disclosure is required. The article relates to a survey in Canada, not Australia, although the findings are certainly of interest to us. The survey was reported in the...
Victoria drug testing loophole
If you fail alcohol testing in Victoria repeatedly, eventually it’s likely you will receive a prison sentence. So, if you are a repeat offender for drug testing in Victoria you’d think you’ll also potentially face a spell in the big house, but you won’t. In a legal quirk, an article this week in the...
How long does cannabis impairment last?
You enjoy a joint of cannabis now again. No judgement here, that’s your choice, but if you’re the type of person who’s reasonably responsible, you’ll want to make sure your pleasure doesn’t impact your safety or someone else’s safety. In other words, you’ll want to make sure that you’re not impaired before driving, going...
Do police face drug testing?
There’s a sport in Australia that it seems many of us love to play. There are a few versions but it can perhaps best be summed as the ‘knocking the people in charge’ game. In social media comments made under our posts, this often involves knocking the politicians and others that create the rules...
Drug and alcohol testing for MPs?
Here’s good news for all those people on our posts who call for politicians to face drug and alcohol testing. As reported in multiple media outlets, including The Australian, Liberal MPs have called for drug and alcohol testing to be introduced at Parliament House as part of efforts to improve the behaviour of colleagues...