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MediNat Australia: June 2013
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Local Drug Testing News and Comment from MediNat Australia. Saturday, June 22, 2013. Leading the pack on recreational drugs. Leading the pack on recreational drugs. Amy Corderoy, Health Editor, Sydney Morning Herald from The Age, June 22, 2013. A new policy will deal with drugs as a health issue, not a criminal one, writes Amy Corderoy. At first glance, it resembles your typical focus group. A free feed, $20, and a gift card - all to have your every thought poked and prodded for a few hours. From August ...
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MediNat Australia: Drug tests at Immigration a waste of time and money, says expert
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Local Drug Testing News and Comment from MediNat Australia. Wednesday, January 14, 2015. Drug tests at Immigration a waste of time and money, says expert. Drug tests at Immigration a waste of time and money. Noel Towell 14 January 2015. Reporter for The Canberra Times. The Immigration Department is wasting its time and taxpayers' money on forced drug tests for thousands of public servants, according to a leading workplace drug and alcohol expert. Read the full article here. Dr Bull seems to think that ra...
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MediNat Australia: Drug use in the workplace
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Local Drug Testing News and Comment from MediNat Australia. Wednesday, February 4, 2015. Drug use in the workplace. Staying drug-safe at work. Continued recreational drug use in Australia presents an urgent challenge for local governments to show leadership to ensure all their staff have a safe workplace, according to testing expert Michael White. 8220;Council workers are driving trucks, operating heavy machinery, in charge of roadside mowers, bulldozers or forklifts and who are impaired by drugs are not...
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MediNat Australia: Saliva Drug Testing - Awareness Issues
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Local Drug Testing News and Comment from MediNat Australia. Sunday, December 28, 2014. Saliva Drug Testing - Awareness Issues. Saliva Tests for drugs is the least invasive and fastest way to test for current impairment from drugs in the workplace. Here are some Questions and Answers regarding issues some have with Saliva Testing:. Q: I had a candidate submit a negative test when the person appears to be under the influence of drugs or something else. There are a number of possible explanations:. 3 If the...
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MediNat Australia: Mining Drug Raids in WA
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Local Drug Testing News and Comment from MediNat Australia. Wednesday, December 10, 2014. Mining Drug Raids in WA. Mining drug raids continue in WA. 4 December, 2014. FMG’s Cloudbreak mine has been the target of a police drug raid as the industry-wide crackdown continues. FIFO workers were searched as they disembarked from planes landing at the site. This is part of a community and industry-wide crackdown, to reduce the incidents of illicit drugs/substance possession," WA Police said. For FIFO drug testi...
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MediNat Australia: September 2013
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Local Drug Testing News and Comment from MediNat Australia. Sunday, September 22, 2013. Exercise may cause you to fail drug test. Exercise may cause you to fail drug test. F you smoke cannabis and then exercise the next day, be warned - you could fail a random drug test. That's the finding from a team of Australian researchers looking at the long-lasting effect of the active component in cannabis, known as tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). So if you think you passed your saliva or urine test then go to the gym...
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MediNat Australia: October 2014
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Local Drug Testing News and Comment from MediNat Australia. Thursday, October 23, 2014. Changes to Australian Standard AS4308:2008. The updated AS4308-2008 Standard has made fundamental changes in sample collection and Laboratory confirmation testing. Here are some of the key points:. The standard and NATA also requires laboratories to state unequivocally on the report the status of collections and their compliance to Section 2. The New Collection Procedure. The creatinine test is a check the dilute natu...
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MediNat Australia: November 2014
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Local Drug Testing News and Comment from MediNat Australia. Wednesday, November 19, 2014. No Fault Drug Tests. An article written by Georgina Bartter. Daily Mail see article here. Way too good, the best I've had in years': How users rated Ecstasy pills known as 'The Speaker' before the drug caused the death of teenager Georgina Bartter at a dance party. Georgina Bartter, 19, died from a suspected ecstasy overdose. She collapsed at one of the summer season's first dance parties, Harbourlife, in Sydney.
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MediNat Australia: January 2015
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Local Drug Testing News and Comment from MediNat Australia. Wednesday, January 21, 2015. Oil, Gas and Mining Drug Testing Update. Oil and gas next on drug search hit list. 19 January, 2015. Drug screening is set to continue at critical transit points around West Australia as Operation Redwater gears up for a third phase of operation targeting oil and gas workers. During the three day operation, 533 random breath tests were administered, with 200 of them heavy haulage drivers. More. 20 January, 2015.
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