Some people complain that police and politicians should also face drug testing and in many cases they do! Here’s an example from the ACT published on the-riotact.com. The article explains that three ACT Police members have resigned while being investigated by Professional Standards after failing drug testing for cocaine, MDMA, ketamine and illegal steroids....
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Saliva drug testing “more effective in determining current use”
What is saliva drug testing and why is it touted as the best and fairest way to test for drugs on roadsides and in workplaces? Medical News Today recently published an article on saliva drug testing, or the mouth swab test, as it is referred to in the article. As the article’s intro says,...
Victoria Police out in force with drug and alcohol testing
An article in The Australian relates to last weekend but deserves a read, to remind people that booze buses have returned to Victoria and will be conducting drug and alcohol testing across the state. The timing of the booze buses return coincided with Victorians being able to travel further after weeks of lockdown. According...
Morwell alcohol testing shocker
Why has an alcohol testing incident in Victoria’s Morwell again led us to inform people of the dangers of drinking alcohol to excess? The Morwell incident started innocently enough. According to the Mirage News, Victoria Police officers were conducting a static patrol when they observed a vehicle travelling at low speed on Princess Drive,...
Roadside drug testing results in Geelong a concern
According to an article in the Geelong Advertiser, it’s possible drug-drivers caught travelling in the Geelong region could outnumber drink-drivers for the third consecutive year. In fact, the number of people failing drug testing looks like being a record for 2020, with 37 per cent more drug-affected drivers detected in Geelong in the first...
Drop in Queensland drug and alcohol testing a factor in rising road toll
A drop in the rate of roadside drug and alcohol testing in Queensland is being raised as a potential reason for a rise in the road toll in the state. Like most states and territories in Australia, Queensland stopped conducting normal large-scale drug and alcohol testing during the first wave of COVID-19 because it...
Drug testing far from a waste(water)
Imagine if you were given the job of studying the nation’s wastewater? No thanks, we can hear you say, although we think it’s fair to say that the people from the National Wastewater Drug Monitoring Program don’t need get their hands too dirty to conduct drug testing on the water. The National Wastewater Drug...
Cracks in the ICE
How many people use ICE? How many people drive or go to work with ICE in their systems? How many people fail drug testing due to ICE? The answers to some of these questions are contained in an excellent and informative resource on the Cracks In The ICE website. For example, you may be...
Drug testing catches drivers in Western Australia
According to an article on ABC News, more people were caught by drug testing than alcohol testing on Western Australia’s regional roads during a three-week school-holiday operation. Highway Patrol officers from the Regional Enforcement Unit were deployed to fatal accident hotspots in Western Australia’s Midwest, Southwest and Great Southern regions for the operation. Around...
What are employers’ responsibilities for drug testing?
One of the questions we get asked regularly here at Integrity Sampling is “What are employers’ responsibilities when it comes to workplace drug testing?”, which is a subject that the Human Resources Director (HRD) has tacked in a recent online article. The article starts by looking at the effort many employers in Australia are...