If you take illegal drugs in NSW, failing drug testing at work or on the roads might be the least of your worries. This follows warnings by NSW Health that fentanyl-related substances are being mixed with other drugs and users don’t have a clue. According to a NSW Health release, drug testing has found...
Tag: drug testing NSW
Will drug testing be as successful as alcohol testing in NSW?
We’ve highlighted in our posts that the drive to decrease the road toll in the last 40 years with the use of alcohol testing and promoting the dangers of driving under the influence of alcohol has by many measures been very successful. This has been seen in NSW and right across the nation. So,...
Drug testing in NSW – what you need to know
While the source may seem questionable (it’s from a website called Junkee!), an online article has provided a good snapshot of what you need to know about drug testing on NSW’s roads, or roads in any state or territory in Australia for that matter. In NSW, during the 2016/17 period, around 112,000 drug tests...
Cocaine in NSW’s sights
Earlier this year we looked at how Victorian Police was in the news when it was highlighted that cocaine was not one of the drugs detected in normal roadside drug testing. While this is also the case in many state’s roadside drug testing programs, this has recently changed north of the border. Like in...
Drug testing in NSW on the small screen
What is roadside drug testing? What’s it like to be pulled up for drug testing on the roads? What happens if you return a positive drug testing result? Transport for NSW has produced an informative video on mobile drug testing on NSW roads. While it’s specifically aimed at younger people and particularly NSW high...