05/05/2009 by admin.

Footballers playing at the highest level stand to come under the greatest scrutiny in new drug testing procedures agreed between Fifa and the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada).

Read the full article online at guradian online

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2009/apr/29/drugs-in-sport

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05/05/2009 by admin.

Just read this article in Construction News

Rok’s employees and supply chain will face drug and alcohol tests from this autumn.

The group – which turned over more than £1 billion last year and has 60 offices across the UK – told Construction News it plans to roll out a new drug and alcohol policy which will see all of its workers face an initial round of testing, followed by sustained random checks.

Rok, which in March announced it had a secured future pipeline of work some £2.7 billion, said it wanted to weed out drug and alcohol abusers in a bid to boost site safety across the company.

Head of health and safety Shaun Davis said while the policy had not yet been finalised, it was expected to include pre-employment, random and post-incident testing. Tests could also be carried out if suspicions were raised over any specific individuals.

Click here to read the full article online at Construction News

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05/05/2009 by admin.

Just read this interesting bit of news from 20/4/09 online at bbc online:

Conditions at a prison are improving with a drop in the number of inmates failing drugs test, a government report says.

Featherstone Prison near Wolverhampton is now a high performing prison, the Chief Inspector of Prisons said.

The number of drug test failures is down from between 30-35% per month in 2007 to 4%, the prison said.

The prison has recently introduced NVQs in recycling and Rugby Football Coaching qualifications.

The prison was inspected in October last year.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8008999.stm

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05/05/2009 by admin.

The governement drugs campaign FRANK is a year old and there are plans to develop it further to make more drugs information available to parents.

The government published the new drug strategy on 27 February 2008. In the year since its publication there has been a great deal of progress, with drug use now down to its lowest level in more than a decade.

Click here to visit TalktoFrank website

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05/05/2009 by admin.

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