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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!
Opinion: Workplace Drug-Testing – No Room for Shortcuts
The recent Fair Work Commission (FWC)case (see link to article here: https://www.hcamag.com/au/specialisation/employment-law/drug-test-confusion-worker-challenges-dismissal-after-conflicting-test-results/545794), where a worker challenged their dismissal after...
A recent FWC finding has confirmed why process, policy and education matter more than ever
By Glenn Dobson, CEO, The Drug Detection Agency Group A recent unfair dismissal case before the Fair Work Commission has brought workplace drug testing policies back into the spotlight. A security guard was terminated after testing positive for methylamphetamine and...
Oceans of dirt-cheap meth headed to Australia from war-racked Myanmar
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Opinion: Workplace Drug Testing Is About Safety – Not Stigma
By Glenn Dobson, CEO of The Drug Detection Agency The recent call by Legalise Cannabis Victoria to reform workplace drug testing laws (Cannabiz, July 2025) raises an important public discussion – but we must not lose sight of the core issue. Workplace drug testing...
Opinion: Penington Institute reports that a “Boeing 737 full of Aussies dying of overdoses every month”
By Glenn Dobson, CEO of The Drug Detection Agency That headline isn’t clickbait, it’s a brutal, sobering truth. According to the Penington Institute’s 2023 overdose report, 2,272 Australians lost their lives to drug overdose last year, the equivalent of a Boeing 737...