Drug and Alcohol Information, Awareness and Testing
Posted in Main Content on Nov 11th, 2008
Hair Drug Test
All about the Hair Drug Test Process and when Hair Drug Testing is Suitable.
It is becoming increasingly common for employers and the courts to ask for a Hair Drug Test. Testing for illegal substances in hair gives you a greater time frame of detection than urine, blood and saliva. In fact, [...]
Posted in Main Content on Sep 2nd, 2008
Drug Testing in the Workplace
To follow is an interesting Radio interview on drug testing in the workplace. Christopher Evans, our Technical Director was interviewed by BBC Radio Derby on the ethics of drug testing, how it can be done and the clear relationship between workplace accidents and drugs and alcohol.
Workplace drug testing is often [...]
Posted in Main Content on Jul 17th, 2008
Saliva Drug Test - Oral Fluid Drug Testing
Saliva Drug Test Kits or Oral Fluid Drug Testing Kits are a new generation of drug testing kits designed to simplify the sample collection process. They eliminate any requirement for same-sex collectors when a drugs test is undertaken and allow the sample collection process to be fully [...]
Posted in Main Content on Jun 30th, 2008
Drug Misuse - the Hazard of Dirty Needles
A public hazard facing many councils across the UK is the discarding of dirty needles, syringes and other drug-related litter (DRL) in public places such as public toilets, car parks, bus stations, residential streets, playparks, footpaths and churchyards and beaches. In an alleyway behind one street dubbed ‘Crack [...]
Posted in Main Content on Jun 30th, 2008
LSD - Drug Information, Facts and Awareness
What is LSD?
LSD (Lysergic acid diethylamide) is known by street names such as as acid, blotter, lucy, smilies, paper mushrooms, stars, tabs, M, window panes, sunshine or trips. It is a semi-synthetic psychedelic drug which originates from ergot, a type of grain fungus that typically grows on rye and [...]
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