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Employment Drug Testing Laws

Detox Advisor — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:53:18 +0000

Drugs are found all over the place now, and it’s easy for many people to get their hands on it. No longer are drugs just a problem on the streets, but they are being used where we live and work. Schools have started using drug testing just like the big businesses do before they hire you. Employment drug testing is something that many places do to make sure that you are coming into their work area clean and ready to work. However, they do not just do it when they hire you. Many of them do random drug testing throughout the year to be sure that you are staying clean and out of trouble.

There are different laws about employment drug testing, but the main thing to know is that businesses can ask that you do a drug test before they hire you. If you fail the drug test or refuse to take it, the companies have the option of not hiring you. Most of the time you hear about company drug testing being done whenever they go to hire you. This way they can see what kind of person you are before you enter into their work area. However, it soon became known that companies did this, and people started doing things to pass the drug test. Before they would go apply for a job they would stop using drugs for a little while. This way their system came up drug free, then after being hired they would go back to using again. However, this did not fool the big businesses for long, and they found another way to help keep the work area drug free.

Businesses no longer just do drug tests when they first hire you. In fact, many places do random drug testing throughout the year. This way if someone starts using drugs while they are working for the company, the company will know. These businesses also have the right to fire you if you are using drugs while working for them. This is why these random drug tests are given. Bringing drugs into the work place is no laughing matter. Wherever you work there could be kids that work their too. If some of the adults are using drugs it is easy for the kids to do it too, because their co-workers are doing it also. This is not the kind of area that we want our kids and other friends to be working in. The work place should be a place where you are safe and happy. Thanks to drug testing, companies aim to keep it that way.

Using drugs is no good for anyone, and it makes it hard to get a job if you are a user. This is just another reason why taking drugs can ruin your life. Staying drug free is something that is needed all over the world. However, this is something that has to be stop with the kids. We have to be able to keep kids drug free, and teach them that using drugs is bad. By doing this we can keep drugs, not only out of school, but out of the work place too. In a perfect word there would be no need for employment drug testing, however, this world is far from perfect. This is not something that is going to go away anytime soon. The best way to not worry about it, is to not take drugs. Keep your system clean, and you will never have to worry about random drug tests.

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Detox Advisor — Tue, 15 May 2007 20:25:53 +0000

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If you have teenage children, or young friends, or vulnerable partners, you may worry about them being exposed to illicit drug taking.

Newer technology in drug tests now allow for hair testing. In the present, this is regarded as the most foolproof drug test. Drug residue from drug use, whether ingested or injected, remains inside the hair cuticle. Even if the user bleached, colored, or cut his hair, the residue would still be present and can be detected. This is also very popular since the collection of samples is not difficult and possible without embarrassing the tester and the candidate. Candidates do not need to worry about ruined hairstyles since the snips are done in inconspicuous places and are not noticeable. The latter kind of drug testing are also more cost-efficient for employers. Though the fees for the test is pricier than urinalysis, the company saves more because hair testing can effectively weed out drug abusers from the company’s ranks. This is because a drug-dependent employee cost a company as much as $10,000 in terms of unproductively, absences, and benefits. They are usually the perpetrators of office theft. Plus, the employees would be deterred from using drugs because they know that is cheat-proof. All in all, investing in drug and hair testing are worthy expenses for the employer

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One in 100 Drivers Found Taking Drugs

Detox Advisor — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 12:42:57 +0000

One in 100 of the drivers tested by Victoria Police’s world-first drug bus has returned a positive result for driving while under the influence of drugs, The Sunday Age believes.

This is 2 times the rate for drivers returning a positive result for driving while under the influence of alcohol when breath tested.

Police had planned to announce the staggering results for the drug bus last week, but delayed doing so because of the Bracks Government’s ministerial reshuffle, which saw Tim Holding elevated to the Police Minister’s portfolio and Andre Haermeyer relegated to Manufacturing, Export and Small Business.

The announcement, now expected to be made within days, is likely to show that more than one in every 100 drivers drug tested by police returned a positive result after laboratory analysis.

The yearly average strike rate for motorists caught drink-driving is about one in every 250 tested.

In one operation alone, targeting the Summerdayze dance festival on January 1, police sources said almost one in 10 drivers tested returned initial positive results.

Sources have told The Sunday Age that about 1500 motorists have already been tested under the drug-driving testing program, with more than 15 returning positive laboratory results.

In 2003, almost a third of drivers killed on Victoria’s roads had drugs other than alcohol in their system, and in a number of recent years, more people have been killed with drugs other than alcohol in their system than those killed with a blood-alcohol reading above .05.

Since the introduction of random roadside drug testing in Victoria on December 13, a number of drivers had already been issued with penalty notices for a first drug-driving offence.

If a driver returns a positive result from a roadside drug test, he or she is then taken to the police bus for a second test. A second positive result is then sent to a laboratory for testing, which can take up to 14 days. Only after a positive laboratory result is a driver prosecuted for a drug-driving offence…

Full Story at TheAge.com.au