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You might be tempted to say that something like drug testing has no place in an office and it should be kept out. But the fact is that companies are experimenting with drug testing because drug and alcohol misuse is ever increasing.

A recent survey suggests that 17 percent of the adult population are regular illegal drug users. It is the responsibility (duty of care) of all employers to provide a safe working environment. An employee or contractor on your worksite who is affected by drug use cannot assist in providing a safe workplace. They are a danger to themselves, their work colleagues and others. Statistics suggest employees who are regular drug users are ten times more likely to take sick leave and 33 percent less productive than abstainers.

Integrity Sampling is a group of highly qualified technicians who provide a uniform, independent drug and alcohol testing service throughout Australia and New Zealand. It specializes in the development of workplace drug and alcohol policies, drug and alcohol awareness education programs, independent workplace drug and alcohol testing and a 24-hour, seven-day-a-week call-out service. Integrity Sampling technicians are all proficient in the use of the Cozart (R) drug detect ion systems and the Alcolizer breath analysis equipment. All these technicians are required to comply with strict policies and procedures, which have been developed in accordance with the highest requirements of Australian Standard 4760 for oral fluid drug testing.

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None by itself provides complete understanding of the world of drug use and abuse. It is useful to understand the following models.

1) The moral – legal model
2) The disease or public model
3) The psychosocial model
4) The socio – cultural model

The first two models of drug use operate on the premise that the answer to drug abuse problems is to keep drugs away from man. In these two models drugs are classified as either safe or dangerous. ‘Dangerous’ includes not only drugs that are physically dangerous but also those that are not socially or legally sanctioned. Drugs are the active ingredient; people are the deviant victims who must be protected. Protection comes in the form of legal controls on cultivation, manufacture, distribution, or possession. The deterrents are punishment or fear of harm. The major difference between the legal – moral and the disease or public health model is that the latter dwells less on legality of the substance and more on its potential harm. Continue reading ‘The Four Major Points of View Or Models of Drug Use – Each Has a Bias’ »

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• BIASIS OF DRUG USE