Ever wondered what it’s like to drive while under the influence of drugs or over 0.05? Queensland Police recently set-up a fun and interesting way to see the impact of drugs and alcohol on driving, using V8 Supercars Champion Russell Ingall and a couple of unsuspecting people. It was all caught on video and...
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Drug testing in Queensland
Drug and drink driving a concern in Queensland
Drug and drink driving and speeding are the major targets of Queensland Police, as they fight to arrest an alarming rise in road deaths despite fewer motorists on the roads due to COVID-19. According to an article in The Australian on Sunday, Queensland has recorded an almost 20 per cent increase in year-on-year road...
Drug testing the waters in Queensland
Where do we conduct drug testing in Queensland? Most of us probably know we test on our roads, in workplaces and on our waters but you probably didn’t know we also drug test the water that comes out of your toilet! It’s all part of the National Wastewater Drug Monitoring Program, which has been...
Are you conducting drug testing in your Queensland workplace?
One week out from Christmas may not be the most convenient time to ask whether you conduct drug testing in your Queensland workplace, but then again, perhaps it’s a good and potentially poignant time. After all, how would you feel if you had an accident in the next few days that was influenced by...
Flushing out drug testing results in Queensland
It doesn’t matter whether you’re in Brisbane, on the Gold Coast, in Cairns or potentially any other part of Queensland, when you go to the toilet you could be taking part in drug testing and helping our knowledge of drug issues across Australia. What has drug testing in Brisbane, drug testing on the Gold...
Roadside drug testing in Queensland a lifesaver
Why do the police conduct roadside drug testing in Queensland? Is it, as one line of popular opinion suggests, simply a revenue raiser? Or is it a valuable lifesaver? Drug testing in Queensland a revenue raiser Like most states and territories in Australia, Queensland initiated roadside drug testing in the mid-2000s. Since then, it’s...
Mining a drug testing blueprint in Queensland
In the early 1980s, the mining industry in Queensland and indeed across Australia had an issue. Employees were coming to work under the influence of drugs and, at that time, across all industry sectors, mining was considered the worst for employee drug usage. Step forward a few years and the issue was turned around...
Cairns part of drug testing trial
If you operate a boat on the waterways in and around Cairns, make sure you’re not under the influence of drugs. That’s one of the key messages from a recent announcement of a trial of on-water drug testing. While waster based drug testing in Cairns and Queensland is not new, in the past the...
Drug and alcohol testing in Queensland nabs seven
While it’s difficult to know exactly how many people go to work under the influence of drugs and alcohol in a given year, studies have shown that the figure is perhaps around two percent. But, as recent drug and alcohol testing by Integrity Sampling in Queensland shows, when testing is carried out on a...
Queensland drug testing will catch you
With the festive season, or the silly season as it is sometimes called, fast approaching, here’s a timely reminder for Queenslanders. That is, if you take drugs and then drive, go to work, or operate a boat, drug testing is likely to catch up with you. Drug testing on Queensland roads Random drug testing...