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Are You Testing for the Drugs Your Clients Are Actually Using? In rehabilitation and AOD (alcohol and other drug) support programs, drug testing plays a vital role in monitoring substance use, supporting accountability, and ensuring safe environments. But there’s a gap in many onsite drug test panels that often goes unnoticed: Most standard onsite drug…
Creating Safer, More Productive Workplaces Under the 2011 Work Health and Safety Act, employers are obligated to ensure a safe working environment. Employee drug use, whether recreational or habitual, can undermine this, posing risks to safety, productivity, and overall workplace morale. Investing in workplace drug testing, particularly through both pre-employment and random testing, not only…
Internationally, including Australia and New Zealand, the legal use of cannabis prescribed for medical reasons is becoming more prevalent although with specific jurisdictional differences.Of concern for workplaces is not the legality of the medication, but the impact on safety of the workers and workplace. Formulation The principal psychoactive ingredient in Cannabis is Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) which…
Australian workplace culture is becoming more accepting of drug and alcohol testing and the safety message around why this is necessary, and as a result, see it less of an intrusion of privacy. Let’s first establish that workplace testing is not mandatory in most workplaces, but it is becoming more widespread. However, even though it…
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