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What Employers Can Learn About Drug Use From Miners
It is no secret that the Australian mining industry has a drug and alcohol abuse problem. The most substance abuse has been found in the fly-in fly-out (FIFO) camps where miners live for long...
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Presenting D&A Program in Context of Safety and Health
Drug and alcohol (D&A) programs should never be considered standalone programs. They are to be viewed as one component in a business-wide health program. Employers benefit from a healthy workforce...
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Racing to Be Drug Free
Worksafe Queensland writes, “The content of an alcohol and drug policy should be based on the identification of hazards and the assessment of workplace risks and the strategies to address them.”1 The...
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Inside the Mind: Workers Who Justify Themselves to Relapse
People do not want to consider themselves as addicts or poor performers or sources of problems. As a result, they are good at justifying their behaviours, even when those behaviours are wrong. The...
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D&A Testing and Wellness Programs Make a Nice Fit
Drug and alcohol testing is one step in a multilevel approach of health promotion and risk reduction. Though some employees may choose to view random testing programs as punitive, testing’s ultimate...
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How Did They Hide Drugs in 2013?
Drug smugglers will go to great lengths to get their products into Australia. It seems they will also try equally hard to get drug precursors like ephedrine into the hands of those who need the right...
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United We Stand
In your business, as in the world, people will succeed who stand together. While office politics may insert just the right amount of personal drama into your life (if you happen to be looking for...
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The Journey and the Destination
The journey and the destination are the dichotomy of the century. Today, we are told that it is not the destination but the journey, when fifty years ago we were told that it is not the journey but the...
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Happy to Just Be
Have you even been happy to just exist? Have you ever considered the inexpressible joy in just existing? It’s like, rather than placing emphasis on what you are doing now that you are on this earth,...
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Breakups and Alcohol
Okay, we arrive at another article on romantic or other relationship breakups, and how this seems to inevitably lead to the over consumption and possible habit formation of alcohol. Well, most of us...
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