by AlphaBiolabs | Nov 22, 2017 | Alcohol Testing, Legal News
Duties on spirits, wine and beer will be frozen, but the tax on “low-cost, low-quality” products such as white cider will increase in 2019, according to Philip Hammond in his second Budget as chancellor. A pint of beer will now cost 12p less on average and a bottle... 
by AlphaBiolabs | May 10, 2017 | Drug Testing, Legal News
Roadside drug testing has now been introduced in Ireland in a bid to stop motorists driving under the influence. The Gardai – the police force in the Republic of Ireland – will be able to stop drivers and breathalyse them for four different types of drugs. They will... 
by AlphaBiolabs | May 10, 2017 | Drug Testing, Legal News, Workplace Testing
One in four fatal drug overdoses in the United States involved heroin, new statistics have revealed. Official figures from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) showed that around 25 per cent of drug overdose deaths in 2015 involved the class-A opiate,... 
by AlphaBiolabs | May 8, 2017 | Drug Testing, Legal News, Workplace Testing
Hair drug tests showed almost a third of clubbers in New York City had taken new psychoactive substances (NPS). Over the last 10 years, NPS, which used to be known as ‘legal highs’ have been growing in popularity. These emerging substances tend to be designed to mimic... by AlphaBiolabs | Apr 11, 2017 | Drug Testing, Legal News
Drug-addicted parrots are stealing opium from poppy fields in India. Farmers producing opium in the country say the birds are stealing so much of their crop that it could lead to them getting into trouble with the Indian Government’s narcotics department which... by AlphaBiolabs | Apr 11, 2017 | Drug Testing, Legal News
Manchester is in the grip of a Spice epidemic according to The Manchester Evening News. In one weekend Greater Manchester Police have revealed they dealt with 58 Spice linked calls in less than three days this weekend. A senior officer said the epidemic in Manchester...