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30% of the bodies in Melbourne’s morgue show traces of marijuana

newBy admin 4-Jan-2021

30% of the bodies in Melbourne’s morgue show traces of marijuana

Most drug users take drugs at work

newBy admin 4-Jan-2021

Most drug users take drugs at work

80% of the crime committed in Australia is drug related

newBy admin 4-Jan-2021

80% of the crime committed in Australia is drug related

Over 70% of illegal drug users are employed!

newBy admin 4-Jan-2021

Over 70% of illegal drug users are employed!

General Drug Awareness and Reasonable Suspicion Training now available online

NewsBy admin 7-May-2020

It goes without saying that regular drug awareness training is must for businesses to deliver guidance and instill values among their employees. Taking the current environment into consideration, Safework Laboratories is excited to announce that General Awareness and Reasonable Suspicion Training sessions can now be held online. Our live sessions provides an interactive forum where…

New standard released for oral fluid (saliva) workplace drug testing in AUS & NZ – UPDATED

NewsBy admin 10-Mar-2020

Standards Australia and Standards New Zealand have come out with new guidelines regarding the collection of samples for an oral fluid drug test. Designated as AS/NZS 4760:2019, the standard outlines several changes to the requirements for accredited screening for signs of drug abuse found in saliva specimens. Read on to learn more about the new…

How Drug Addiction Affects the Brain

NewsBy admin 1-Sep-2016

Have you ever wondered why drug addicts continue taking their preferred substance despite all the damage it has done and will continue to do? Let’s take a look how exactly drug addiction affects the brain. The decision to take the drugs for the very first time may be a choice. Continuous drug use, however, isn’t,…

Prescription Drug Abuse More Dangerous than Illicit Drugs – 12 Reasons Why

CS, Feature, QDBy admin 22-Oct-2015

The decades-old War on Drugs has successfully driven into our heads that illicit drugs like cocaine, heroin and ice are society’s worst enemy, and are therefore the most dangerous of all. What many don’t realise, however, is that there’s a group of even more dangerous drugs, and all one needs to buy them is a…