Employers are being warned cocaine use is surging in workplace drug testing. 

Drug Detection Agency data shows the drug made up 3.2% of positive tests in three months to October, up 118% year on year. 

Amphetamine-type substances, including meth, accounted for 25.4%, up 9.4% over the past year. 

Chief Executive Glenn Dobson says there are similar trends in the US and Australia. 

He told Andrew Dickens that most workplaces have a drug and alcohol policy that guides employers on how to deal with drug use. 

Generally, Dobson says, rehabilitation is offered, as they’re looking for the employee to stop taking the drug and make the workplace a safer place.  

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Employers are being warned cocaine use is surging in workplace drug testing.&nbsp;
Drug Detection Agency data shows the drug made up 3.2% of positive tests in three months to October, up 118% year on year.&nbsp;
Amphetamine-type substances, including meth, accounted for 25.4%, up 9.4% over the past year.&nbsp;
Chief Executive Glenn Dobson says there are similar trends in the US and Australia.&nbsp;
He told Andrew Dickens that most workplaces have a drug and alcohol policy that guides employers on how to deal with drug use.&nbsp;
Generally, Dobson says, rehabilitation is offered, as they’re looking for the employee to stop taking the drug and make the workplace a safer place. &nbsp;
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Glenn Dobson: Drug Detection Agency CEO on workplace testing revealing surging cocaine use

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