Drug & Alcohol Testing Industry News
Increase of Fentanyl in Street Drugs Continues
Health Canada’s Drug Analysis Service (DAS) has confirmed that the presence of fentanyl found in heroin seized across the country by the Canada Border Services Agency, Correctional Service of Canada, and police forces has risen nearly 60 per cent since 2012, and 2000...
TSB Recommends Drug and Alcohol Testing for Canadian Aviation Employees
Following a fatal airplane crash in April of 2015, the Transportation Safety Board, a separate organization from Transport Canada that investigates incidents in pipelines, railways, marine and aviation, is recommending that drug and alcohol tests as well as substance...
Workplace Safety After Legalization of Marijuana
Since the federal government set July 1st 2018 as the deadline for provinces and territories to produce regulations for the nationwide legalization of marijuana, business owners across the country are urging governments to provide clarification as to how the use of...
Cannabis Roadside Testing
In the wake of nationwide plans to legalize marijuana by July of 2018, Canadian provinces are now in the planning stages for prevention campaigns, minimum age requirements, and the implementation of roadside testing. "Our priority right now is to ensure that we can...
Drug Testing in Canada – Part Two
Drug and Alcohol Testing: Employers’ Responsibilities In addition to following the correct procedures and employee protections when establishing drug testing policies, employers must also accommodate any positive test results by individually assessing each employee...
Drug Testing In Canada – Part One
What is Drug Testing? Drug testing is a control method used by Canadian employers to prevent jobsite accidents resulting from alcohol or drug impairment, based on the belief that drug and alcohol use, both on and off the job, increases the chances of workplace...
New DOT Panel to come into Affect January 2018
The U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and Transportation (DOT) have extended the federal urine drug testing programme panel requirements to include the Schedule II opioid drugs hydrocodone, hydromorphone, oxycodone and oxymorphone. This panel is...
Understanding Drug Schedules
What are Drug Schedules? Drug Schedules are a classification tool for drugs, substances, and certain chemicals that are used to make drugs. They are distinct drug categories that are defined by medical use and each specific drug’s potential for abuse and dependency....
Motherisk Update
A Canadian laboratory is facing fierce accusations of performing unreliable and inadequate drug and alcohol tests on vulnerable families for over two decades, resulting in children being forcibly separated from their parents when child welfare organizations across...