Health Professionals With Drug Past to Undergo Routine Drug Testing
Health practitioners whose registrations have restrictions related to drug use in the past will be made to go routine drug testing, says Karen Keast in a report for HealthTimes.
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5 Workplace Drug Testing Myths
Workplace drug testing has been around for some time now, but myths continue to surround it. Some of these myths are even being peddled as fact, and some employers and employees fall for them. Here are six of the most common workplace drug testing myths.
Price of Ice in Sydney Plunges
The ice epidemic in Australia is making a turn for the worse as the price of ice in Sydney falls, say Emma Partridge and Eamonn Duff in a report for the Brisbane Times.
According to police sources, ice is now being sold for as little as $6000 an ounce in regional areas, a major drop from the price of ice three years ago, when it was pegged at $10,000 and $14,000 an ounce. In towns like Newcastle, a single ‘point’ hit of ice now sells for as little as $40.
The drop in the price of ice is being blamed on the influx of chemical ingredients from China that are entering Australia legally. Ice is primarily made of pseudoephedrine, iodine and hypophosphorous acid.
Police also points to the rise of “backyard” labs and opportunists using internet recipes as another reason for the plunge in the price of ice.
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Read MoreSurvey Shows More People Buying Illicit Drugs Online
A new report reveals that an increasing number of people are now turning to the Internet to buy ecstasy, cocaine and other illicit drugs, a report by David Taylor for ABC News says.
WA Pushing Amendments in Law vs. Synthetic Drugs
New legislation that will ban
synthetic drugs is now being introduced by the Western Australian government in order to get rid of legal loopholes that allow manufacturers of these psychoactive substances to sell them without much consequence, says David Weber in a report for ABC.net.
Price of Ice in Australia Soars
The demand for the drug
e so high that Australian users of the drug now pay a whole lot more compared to ice users in other countries, says Emma Wynne in a report for ABC.net.
Urine Drug Test Basics
The urine drug test is the most common method of workplace drug testing. In the interest of providing employees a safe and healthy working environment, many employers use the method for its proven quickness and accuracy in detecting traces of drugs in one’s urine sample. Also known as a urine drug screen or UDS, a urine drug test can help employers and employees alike to avoid hazardous situations that could result in injuries and deaths.
Drug Test Employees Even If Cannabis Is Legal, Says US Ex-Drug Czar
In an article for The Washington Post, Dr. Robert L. DuPont, a former White House Drug Czar, says that while cannabis continues to become legal in many places in the United States, employers should continue to drug test employees anyway.