City bankers are abusing drink and drugs
Ian Silvera reported in the International Business Times yesterday that City firms are seeing more of their workers turning to drugs and alcohol as a means of coping with growing pressures at work. GQ Employment Law believes that bankers and administration staff are being put under too much pressure and this is leading many to
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Study finds that testing school children for cannabis is ineffective
A recent study examining the testing of school children for drug use found that the testing had no positive effect on it being used. Unlike in a business environment where employees risk their jobs if they take drugs, school children are not deterred by the threat of random tests. Around 20% of American high schools
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Bouncers may start breath testing clubbers
Clubbers in Essex who fail an alcohol breath test may soon find themselves barred from nightclubs. Bouncers in Colchester may be encouraged to breathalyse clubbers to reduce the amount of violent crime that occurs in the town’s night clubs. The idea has been proposed by Shaun Boughton, a Lib Dem activist from Wivenhoe. The idea
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Police to start using drugalysers to catch drug drivers
Police have been granted new powers allowing them to use a drugalyser to test drivers for illegal substances. Selected police forces throughout England and Wales will be issued with cannabis testing kits prior to the introduction of a new drug driving law. The secretary of state for transport, Patrick McLoughlin, will be announcing the new
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