Thursday, 16 October 2014

The Importance Of Drug Testing

By Dominique Martin


Recently, news over the television and online sites have focused on illegal drug and the problems. Killing, rape, robbery, chaos and a lot of crimes has been the continuous issues in every place of the world. This is because of illegal usage of the drugs and its issues. Sad to say, but a lot of these addicts are professionals and even students. So, it has been mandated, that tests should be imposed before enrolling students and as part of the pre employment requirements.

Actually, there are programs implemented by the governments and even a private own program which promote a safe workplace and productivity of the workers. But, it is also a highly debated topic among the students, professional athletes and job applicants, whether to undergo the test or not. However, recently, students and every professional are mandated in Brisbane, Australia to take the drug testing Brisbane.

This requirement before the employment is also an effective and efficient way that provides kinds of benefits to an organization. Moreover, it also help to promote more productive and safer workplace, as mentioned above. It promotes a decreasing level of absenteeism and may reduce the employer risks.

In schools, students are also required to undergo the testing, since it can help them to determine who will undergo a recovery period. This is also an effective way for these children to stop or avoid experimenting the drugs and to identify who have struggled a lot of addiction. This way, they will be placed in a recovery program.

There are numerous types of testing programs implemented nowadays. As mentioned above, it is run by either private organizations or by the government.There are also different program options to choose. However, in order to create an appropriate program, you have to know and understand the condition of the industry. Actually, a lot of drugs are being abused by many people, not knowing its effects. As you can see, the products have been evolving all this time, and so as the users.

Globally, marijuana is still the most abused drugs. Technology played a major role in the changes. The use of the pill mills, which are pharmacies, doctors and clinics that usually prescribes large amount of the medication for non medical use also become prominent around the world. This is the reason why prompting abusers have to travel to access these mills.

Because of the increasing users of the illegal drugs, the government have also mandated and designed new law that should be followed by the manufacturers, importers and sellers of the products. It also represent the progress of a certain battle against synthetic drugs. Thus, authorities must continue to update and monitor the list of the prohibited substances.

In general, there are employers who also began to test the types of drugs for every situation. Through this, the trend in the industry have also monitored. This is an effective way to retain the program and its efficiency. Laws and regulations of a certain state dictates the type of examination to be conducted.

It is recommended that every employer should also retain their internal or external legal counsel that specializes in the drug testing. This is also to review the alcohol and drug testing laws and especially the applicants and employees.




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