Drug Testing News Updates


Hill Laboratories acquires laboratory drug analysis business from TDDA Omega Laboratories
Hill Laboratories, New Zealand’s largest privately owned analytical laboratory, has purchased the laboratory testing assets of TDDA Omega Laboratories. The sale encompasses all processes, technologies




Abandoned boat leads police to record $448m haul of methamphetamine
Police aren’t ruling out the possibility an international drug ring is at work after Northland officers made the largest meth seizure in New Zealand history.

Message on Drugs in the workplace finally getting through
Fewer workers are failing workplace drug tests in the central region, which includes Whanganui. Drug Detection Agency figures show that only 4.19 per cent of

Workplace drug rise
An increase in the number of employees testing positive for drugs in Northland could be due to businesses readying themselves for new health and safety

More positive drug tests containing methamphetamine
Methamphetamine is being detected in an increasing proportion of failed workplace drug tests in New Zealand and the head of the testing agency is worried

Regular methamphetamine use has soared in past five years
By using multipliers for the data based on population numbers, the researchers found that, in 2013–14, there were 268,000 regular methamphetamine users and 160,000 dependent

TDDA – new owners expanding to create safe work environments in Waikato
The Drug Detection Agency is stepping up efforts against workplace drug and alcohol use in Waikato, with new owners Graeme and Leona Smith keen to

Meth cook sentenced to 15 years’ jail
A second Northlander involved in cooking one of the largest amounts of methamphetamine ever in New Zealand has been sentenced to 15 years in jail.