Cocaine use doubles while risk of meth in the workplace remains dangerously high MELBOURNE – 19 February 2026 – Cocaine has emerged as the fastest-growing workplace drug risk in 2025, with positive test results nearly doubling from Q1 to Q4. Cannabis and...
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New Zealand – Imperans Q4 Report, State of Workplace Drug Use from TDDA
Overall drug detections rise nationally, cocaine detections up 148% AUCKLAND, New Zealand, 19 February 2026 – The Drug Detection Agency (TDDA), New Zealand’s largest workplace drug testing provider has launched its Q4 Imperans Report, a quarterly workplace drug trends...
Health and Safety Policy Survey
The Drug and Detection Agency (TDDA) today revealed its first Health and Safety Policy Survey. The findings indicate that New Zealand and Australian businesses are serious about health and safety at a leadership level, but many lack confidence that their...
Roadside Drug Testing vs Workplace Drug Testing: Same Safety Goal, But Confusing Them Is a Risk in Itself
By Glenn Dobson, CEO, The Drug Detection Agency Group The Governments introduction of roadside drug testing in New Zealand has triggered widespread discussion, debate, and assumption. For many employers and workers, the question has quickly become: “If Police can test...
New Zealand – Imperans Q3 Report, State of Workplace Drug Use from TDDA
An increase in cannabis uses sparks concern ahead of workplace Christmas parties AUCKLAND, New Zealand – 19 Nov 2025 – The Drug Detection Agency (TDDA), New Zealand’s largest workplace drug testing provider, has released its Q3, 2025 workplace drug and alcohol...
Australia – Meth Dominates, Cocaine Climbs: New report reveals key workplace drug trends
TDDA Launches the Imperans Report, a New Quarterly Snapshot of Workplace Drug Abuse to Provide Businesses with Actionable Health and Safety Information MELBOURNE - 18 Nov 2025 - The Drug Detection Agency (TDDA), one of Australia's leading workplace drug testing...
A Warning from TDDA: The Canberra drug experiment and the subsequent workplace risk.
By Glenn Dobson, CEO, The Drug Detection Agency Group Recent policy decisions in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), centred on Canberra, have seen the decriminalisation of possession of small amounts of illicit drugs, including cocaine, methamphetamine, MDMA, LSD...
The Hidden Dangers of DIY Drug and Alcohol Testing in the Workplace
By Glenn Dobson, CEO, The Drug Detection Agency Group Across New Zealand and Australia, the use of drugs is rising. This growing social trend inevitably spills into the workplace, bringing with it the heightened risk of impairment and, potentially, tragedy. Every...
Opinion: Australia’s Leap into the Medicinal Cannabis Age: A Cautionary Tale in Progress
By Glenn Dobson, CEO of The Drug Detection Agency Australia stands at a crossroads. The medicinal cannabis revolution, once “sold” as a tightly controlled therapeutic option, has exploded into a booming, loosely regulated industry. The Herald Sun has sounded the...
Shape the benchmark for workplace health and safety and win an iPad Air*
How does your organisation’s approach compare to others? What does “best practice” look like? The Australia & NZ Workplace Health & Safety Policy Survey aims to answer these questions — and we need your input!