One of the world’s leading forensic toxicology companies says the UK’s growing drugs culture is responsible for a rapid increase in the adoption of workplace drug and alcohol testing by businesses.

Eurofins Scientific, a leader in food, environment and pharmaceutical products testing, says in order to keep staff safe and allay fears of accidents, employers are proactively implementing drug and alcohol testing policies – usually preceded by an ‘amnesty’ period, allowing staff with dependencies time to address their problem ahead of being screened for the presence of drugs or alcohol. 

Gary McCutcheon, Eurofins commercial manager for workplace drug testing, said: “The UK has developed a drug abuse problem but people assume it is all recreational. However, drug taking does not start at 5pm on Friday. The workplace is a major part of a society where drugs are a daily reality.”

Eurofins, which is launching its new workplace drug testing service at the Safety and Health Expo at ExCeL, this week (June 19 – 21, stand P420), acquired LGC Forensics and Security Division, the UK’s largest forensic toxicology service in October 2017.

This provided Eurofins with the opportunity to reshape the European forensics market with a unique scientific consulting and expert witness services, beyond the laboratory.

With 400 of its own independent laboratories worldwide, Eurofins drugs testing provides a scalable, end-to-end outsourced service for the screening of employees for drugs and alcohol - from secure collection and transportation to discreet services, including the drafting of comprehensive company drug and alcohol policies.

www.eurofins.co.uk/workplace-drug-testing