Are you concerned about your employee’s use of drugs and alcohol and how it may impact on your Tasmanian business? If so, have you thought about implementing drug testing in your workplace? If safety is important in your workplace you should be concerned about the potential risks of drugs and alcohol. Why? Let’s look...
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Drug testing in Tasmania
Forget tea leaves, wastewater is better for drug testing in Tasmania!
As we regularly remind readers of our blogs, if your Tasmanian workplace is safety-focussed then conducting drug testing is a must, and a key piece of evidence is the National Wastewater Drug Monitoring Program, being conducted by the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission. The program sees drug testing conducted on wastewater at a large number...
Drug testing in Tasmania goes hi-tech
In this world where you can drop your phone into water and still play the latest game, make phone calls with your watch and turn on lights at home with you tablet, it should come as no surprise that when it comes to drug testing in Tasmania, when you choose Integrity Sampling you’re getting...
Cannabis record for Tasmania
Wastewater drug testing shows Tasmania’s shame It’s the crown that no state or territory in Australia would want, but it’s Tasmania and Hobart’s to own. The state is officially the highest user of cannabis in capital city areas. The shameful record was highlighted in the sixth report of the National Wastewater Monitoring Program, released...
What happens if you refuse drug testing in Tasmania
What happens if you refuse to undertake drug testing on Tasmania’s roads? What happens if you refuse drug testing in a Tasmanian workplace? While essentially the advice, whether you’re at work or on the road, is the same, there is a potential and important difference, so let’s look at drug testing in Tasmania on...
Failing drug testing in Tasmania not the worst outcome
Failing drug testing on Tasmania’s roads or in a Tasmanian workplace, while not a desirable outcome by any means, is certainly not the worst potential consequence of taking illegal drugs. In fact, it’s not even close. As stated on Alcohol and Drug Foundation drug fact sheets, “There is no safe level of drug use. Use...
Testing targets drunk and drugged Tasmanian drivers
A major traffic operation around Launceston last weekend has seen several drivers failing alcohol testing and drug testing, and ended with a terse warming for all Tasmanian drivers by the Police. A major part of the traffic operation was held in Launceston near the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, which went from 8pm...
Recreational cannabis reform and drug testing
In a few months’ time, the much publicised legalisation of buying and smoking cannabis will take place in Canada and a poll in Tasmania suggests that many Tasmanians want the same in their state, so what would this mean for drug testing? The Tasmania poll, as highlighted in a recent ABC News online article,...
Drug testing in Tasmania goes hi-tech
In a world where we carry what once would have been thought of as a supercomputer in our pocket (and you can even make phone calls with it!) you would think there’d be a more hi-tech way to carry out drug testing than having someone pee in a jar. Well, the good news is...
Hobart drug testing nabs motorists
A Mercury article has revealed that 8 out of 10 drivers who underwent drug testing in a Hobart major traffic operation on the weekend tested positive to drugs. That’s a staggering 80% of drivers tested! It’s worth pointing out that the number of drivers who underwent drug testing in the traffic operation, held in...