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…
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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…
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…
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…
Saliva drug testing not such as pain
Have you ever had to undergo saliva drug testing, on the roadside or at work? If you haven’t, have you ever wondered what it’s like? Is it painful or is…
Drugs in the news again
Tasmania drug testing and Victorian drugs crackdown Maybe it’s because we work in the drug testing industry, but everywhere we turn these days drugs are in the news. This week’s…
The real cost of drugs in workplaces and on roads
NT drug testing fail just one of string of charges What’s the real cost of drugs in our workplaces and on our roads and what measures should we use? Is…
Operation Tango Anaconda targets illicit drugs in Queensland
Queensland Police are targeting illicit drugs as part of Operation Tango Anaconda, to be run for the next four months. According to an article on Brisbane’s 4BC website, as part…
Taking the positive out of alcohol testing positives
When it comes to alcohol and driving, the vast majority of us know and understand the importance of staying under the legal limit. It’s not just the threat of failing…
It’s not just COVID showing up in our wastewater!
An article on Perth’s 6PR has highlighted that it’s not just COVID-19 showing up in our wastewater. According to the Western Australian radio station’s report, Australians spent an estimated $8.9…
Double trouble on our roads
What’s worse than driving a car or going to work over the legal limit for alcohol? What’s worse than getting behind the wheel or turning up on the job high…
How to pass drug testing… After you’ve failed!
We have said before in our blogs that there are really only two ways to pass drug testing. They are not to take drugs in the first place or, if…
Drug testing required in far north Queensland
If it looks like cocaine and smells like cocaine, then it probably is cocaine, but police in far north Queensland are conducting drug testing just to make sure. This follows…
Drug testing in the news – and it’s not just COVID!
There’s a lot of news around lately around testing and drugs, mostly focusing on COVID 19. But roadside drug testing also makes the headlines regularly, generally when someone fails drug…
SA police appalled at drug and alcohol testing results
Would you drive your child to or from school while being under the influence of drugs or alcohol? Hopefully most people would say no, but, as police in South Australia…
Drug testing in South Australia on the rise
Drug testing is on the increase in South Australia, but the news doesn’t relate to our roadsides or our workplaces. The drug testing in SA is being completed by child…
Drink and alcohol testing in Shoalhaven
According to an article in the South Coast Register, a high-visibility road safety enforcement campaign conducted across the Shoalhaven area over the weekend has resulted in multiple charges being laid…
Drug testing in South Australia and ACT makes the news
Drug testing has made the news in South Australia and the ACT and, this time at least, it’s not all bad news. South Australia drug testing news In South Australia,…
Queensland Police drug and alcohol testing heats up
A Queensland Police summer road safety campaign has been in full swing in January, with alcohol and drug testing a large part of the campaign. According to the Queensland Police…
Drug testing methods not all created equal
What does it matter which drug testing method your workplace chooses to use? After all, if you haven’t taken drugs recently, it doesn’t matter which method they use, does it?…