Drug Test

• Halloween candy in Rocky Mountain House did not test positive for fentanyl

  What central Alberta RCMP initially thought may have been fentanyl in a child's Halloween candy has not tested positive for a controlled substance.

  Crime

  Nov 17, 2022
  
• TransLink ordered to stop drug testing pot-smoking SkyTrain attendant

  A B.C. court has put a temporary stop to random drug tests assessed against a SkyTrain attendant who smokes pot off-shift.

  Nov 6, 2019
  
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• Blue Bombers running back Harris trying to clear his name after drug suspension

  Andrew Harris has taken steps to try to prove his failed drug test was unintentional.

  Sports

  Sep 17, 2019
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• Saskatoon police show off new screening device for testing drug-impaired drivers

  Saskatoon police showed a new device for testing drug-impaired drivers, the Dräger Drugtest 5000, which has been deployed to law enforcement across the province.

  Cannabis

  Jan 24, 2019
• New roadside test to detect marijuana coming to Canada

  A new way to detect roadside drug use has been given the green light.

  Canada

  Aug 28, 2018
• Vancouver lawyer says new roadside marijuana testing won’t work

  Kyla Lee, a lawyer with Acumen Law, says the tests won't work below 4 C, and the results won't even hold up in court.

  Aug 27, 2018
• Woman issued citation after urine sample explodes inside microwave of 7-Eleven

  A Colorado woman has been cited by police after a container of what appeared to be urine blew up as she was heating it up in a 7-Eleven microwave.

  Crime

  May 7, 2018
• TTC suspends driver for failing random drug test

  A Toronto transit driver has been suspended with pay for failing a random drug test.

  Canada

  Jun 23, 2017
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• Swedish authorities siphoning sewage water to measure citizens’ marijuana, cocaine use

  Residents of one city were found to have snorted 230 doses of cocaine on Christmas Day, and partaken in 7,349 doses of marijuana on a single day in 2015.

  World

  Apr 5, 2017
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• Sask. construction industry concerned about workplace safety once marijuana legalized

  Many industries in Saskatchewan do routine drug testing on employees and one of the primary drugs they look for is marijuana.

  Canada

  Feb 21, 2017