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91. Running with Scissors
April 01, 2013
As children, we are often exhorted to never run with scissors. The implication of this is that if we trip and fall while running, we could cut our face or other places on our body when we hit the floor. Does that make a child completely safe, though? A recent article in the Wall Street Journal desc...
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92. Quality Beats Quantity Every Time
March 28, 2013
Have you ever had a coworker or a subordinate who always ACTED busy and was always doing something without ever really accomplishing a thing? When someone occupies their time with “busy work” rather than relevant work, this is a waste of your time and theirs. It is saying, “My presence is more impor...
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93. Onsite Drug Testing and the New Tomorrow
March 27, 2013
Technology is just another form of humans fulfilling their life force, or of life developing to further and further extents. There is something so calming about watching the development and refinement of technology over time, and seeing how it becomes more perfected and is worked with more skill. ...
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94. Employee Care
March 25, 2013
Not a lot of employees in first world countries really have to complain about their working conditions. Generally, even if you work in a small business which is about to go down, there is still good heating and cooling of the workplace, food provided and sometimes really decent food at that, and the...
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95. Presenting Drug and Alcohol Programs for Worker Well-Being
March 20, 2013
A workplace alcohol and drug policy is as much as about raising awareness and educating employees as it is about establishing guidelines, rules and procedures. Sometimes employees view alcohol and drug policies and drug testing as formalized documents that allow employers to play ‘gotcha’. This lead...
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96. Peer Expectations Influence Workplace Alcohol Use
March 20, 2013
We know that children and teenagers experience peer pressure and end up doing things they would not otherwise. We also like to think that they outgrow the propensity to succumb to peer expectations as adults, unless it is to their advantage. Unfortunately, that is not true. Peer pressure often drive...
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97. Nature of Work Shapes Alcohol Abuse
March 18, 2013
Alcohol consumption in the workplace is more common than employers like to admit. Though widespread worker use characterises the Australian work environment, there are some industries in which it is more prevalent than others. The employment factors influencing the amount and frequency of consumptio...
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98. A Global View of Substance Abuse
March 17, 2013
Sometimes it is beneficial to just step back from the local or regional focus and assume a world view. This gives a broader perspective and confirms that Australian employers and public organisations are not alone in their efforts to stop the tide of alcohol and drug abuse. This follows the lead of ...
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99. Refusing to Acknowledge Substance Dependency is Common
March 14, 2013
The National Drug Strategy 2010-2015 identified a number of emerging trends concerning drug and alcohol dependency. They include increasing harms from cannabis, high demand for amphetamines, increasing use of cocaine, appearance of a number of new analogue drugs, higher rates of poly-drug use, and p...
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100. DMAA Revisited One More Time
March 13, 2013
On August 8, 2012, 1,3 dimethylamylamine (DMAA) was added to the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) Appendix C of the Standard for the Uniform Scheduling of Medicines and Poisons (SUSMP). Originally used in nutritional products as a supplement, consumer use over time proved it has psy...
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