Nationwide Drug Testing and On-Site Medical Services By Mobile Medical Corporation

Mexico's new ruling to legalize small amounts of narcotics seems to lean towards curbing corruption and extortion of casual users by Mexican police rather than the safety of it's public in whole. The provision does call for mandatory rehabilitation after three fouls. The Associated Press reported that "the new law sets out maximum "personal use" amounts for drugs , also including LSD and methamphetamine. People detained with those quantities no longer face criminal prosecution." Bernardo Espino del Castillo of the attorney general's office stated, "in practice, small users almost never did face charges anyway. Under the previous law, the possession of any amount of drugs was punishable by stiff jail sentences, but there was leeway for addicts caught with smaller amounts." Espino del Castillo concluded, "The bad thing was that it was left up to the discretion of the detective, and it could open the door to corruption or extortion." Go...

In an even greater effort to clamp down on intoxicated drivers, the police force in New South Wales, Australia has rolled out their new state-of-the-art drug testing vans. The new vans are equipped with wireless Evidential Breath Analysis instruments, mobile data terminals, and storage for RDT samples. The new vehicles will increase the police force's armada to a total of 13. Vehicles in service include: 5 new drug testing vans along with 3 older roadside units which are equipped to test motorists for the presence of drugs as well as five random breath testing vans. In New South Wales, over 37,700 drug tests have been conducted and over 820 drivers have tested positive since the implementation of roadside screening in 2006 and of the 820 drivers who tested positive for the presence of drugs, the majority came from combinations of cannabis, ecstasy and Methamphetamine. Minister for Police, Tony Kelly explained that “Drug driving is a serious crime and any driver on drugs can serious...

Britain Golfers who wish to swing their clubs in this year's British Open will need to undergo substance abuse testing . Drug testing will be implemented for the first time ever in the event's regal history. Golfers will be tested based on the European Tour's anti-doping procedures. Testing is nothing new to the Tours golfers as they are tested for performance enhancing drugs as well as other illegal substances at other major events. The British Open will be held July 16 - 19 of this year. Japan The Japan Sumo Association recently implemented random drug tests for all of its members as drug related incidents have been on the rise lately. Mitsubishi Chemical Medience Corp., Japan's only institution certified by world anti-doping agency (WADA) is in charge of all drug testing . Recent substance abuse violations include the arrest of wrestler Wakakirin for suspicion of possessing marijuana. Wakakirin became the first Japanese wrestler to be arrested in a marijua...

Border Express, an Australian transportation company has taken workplace safety to the next level. According to the Border Mail , Border Express will be the first company in the Victoria region to introduce random drug testing . All levels of the Albury trucking company will be tested from office and IT staff to truck drivers, forklift operators and warehouse workers. Border Express will host a company education and instruction session in the early summer and then begin random saliva testing shortly after. Company Directory, Geoff Luff is hoping that the testing program will increase his firm’s workplace safety record as well as ignite a spark in other companies in the Melbourne region to do the same. Mobile Medical Corporation (MMC) applauds the efforts of Border Express for focusing on workplace safety through substance abuse testing. MMC is an expert in the field of random drug testing and offers affordable and compliant drug testing campaigns that follow both the Department of Tr...