Drug & Alcohol Testing Industry News
DATAC Spotlight: Armour Safety
DATAC is proud to have so many incredible members working within their communities across Canada to bring best practices and best protocol to the drug and alcohol testing industry. Today we are featuring Armour Safety, a company that has been working with the...
Toronto TTC Testing Update
After much deliberation and a court battle with the transit workers’ union, (which has been ongoing since the spring of 2011) the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) began their random drug and alcohol testing programme on May 8th of this year. The testing seemed to be...
DOT Drug Panel Changes – How Will It Affect Canadian Non-DOT Testing?
Changes are Coming As part of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) January 23, 2017's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPR), the standard Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) panel for drug testing may be changing this October 1,...
New on the Scene: Carfentanil
Opioid Crisis Continues Rampant opioid abuse remains a huge public health crisis in Canada, where fentanyl overdoses have become a relatively common scene for police and health care professionals. Now a new substance has been found on Canadian streets called...
Prescription Drug Testing in the Workplace
Does it belong? Workplace safety is of the utmost importance for employers and employees, which is why it is so important to have policies regarding drug and alcohol use in the workplace. But what exactly should be covered within these policies? There have been...
Sunwing Incident Shines Light on Lack of Canadian Regulations
Sunwing has come into question after a Pilot was found to be intoxicated prior to flying in Calgary. The arrested Slovakian Pilot was working in Canada on a Visa, according to Global News. The pilot was reported by the co-pilot for odd behaviour prior to...
FMCSA Clearinghouse Regulations Finalized
Lowering Safety Risks On December 2, 2016 new US Department of Transportation regulations were announced by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), requiring employers to use their Clearinghouse Database to better track employees who have a history of...
Industry Awaits Suncor Appeal Results
Random drug testing has been a controversial issue in Canada as it juxtaposes workplace safety with employee privacy rights. The Alberta Court of Appeal is currently deliberating on the use of random drug and alcohol testing between Suncor Energy Inc. and Unifor...
Chronic Pain and Drug Abuse
Chronic pain is a daily battle for tens of thousands of Canadians, pain management can come in many forms including strong opioid pain management regimes. There has been a huge amount of media coverage concerning opioid pain medication and its correlation to drug...