Focus On.....Drug and Alcohol Screening

In association with a world leading forensic accredited laboratory, London House can provide our clients with informative lectures, advice and consultation as well as comprehensive screening and testing services.

Amongst other things, research has shown that drug screening can reduce accidents in the workplace, increase the quality of work, reduce absenteeism and sickness and increase productivity.

Full details are available via our head office or please see our website for more information

London House Drug Screening

Splitting Hairs

One of our Solicitor clients practising in Family Law approached us to see if we could help with a difficult case in which, due to continued drug abuse, a mother had lost custody of her child some time previously.

In an effort to regain custody, she had to undergo a rehabilitation programme and then prove that she was clean. Desperately wanting her child back, and knowing that she could not continue as she was, she underwent the rehabilitation and proceeded to keep off the drugs. Her Solicitor now needed to prove she was clean.

We were instructed to facilitate the testing of the subject and this was done by taking a 3cm sample of hair. Each centimetre of hair retains chemicals found in drugs over a 1 month period, so we had a 3 month history of any drug taking. The sample was submitted for comprehensive testing for a number of drugs and came back negative for all tests. The mother had done what she said she would and was reunited with her child.

It's more than a house

We were asked to visit a two storey property that was located behind a small retail outlet. Our clients needed to know who was living in the property and what was the state of repair. When we arrived at the address we were met with evidence of damage to the door that was open. On entering the property we noticed that the floorboards had been removed and the flooring replaced with soil. Between the floor and ceiling were wires set in rows. Lots of them. All over the walls were numerous electrical sockets and cabling. When we went upstairs we had to remove squatters, but exactly the same modifications had been made as downstairs. It had clearly been used as a cannabis factory, and was not a pleasant sight. Needles, waste and filth were very much evident.

Having taken further instruction we returned the next day to begin a clear up exercise for our client and again had to remove squatters, before securing all accesses to the address. 

We later ascertained that the police had raided the address some days before our visit following a tip off from a neighbour, and had removed a considerable number of cannabis plants as well as connected paraphernalia.

Focus on.......Drug Screening

In association with a world leading forensic accredited laboratory, London House can provide our clients with informative lectures, advice and consultation as well as comprehensive screening and testing services.

Amongst other things, research has shown that drug screening can reduce accidents in the workplace, increase the quality of work, reduce absenteeism and sickness and increase productivity.

Full details are available via our head office or please see our website for more information.

Are your staff part of the 8.6%?

During 2009/10, 8.6% of adults in the UK had used one or more illicit drug during the last year! A startling figure and as we know the knock on effects can and do have serious implications.

A large, multinational manufacturing company had noticed from their accident book that most of the accidents in their forklift truck area happened after the lunchbreak periods of 12-2.30pm.

Unable to locate the problem themselves, London House were called in and after a period of investigation, recommended that a drug & alcohol screening exercise be undertaken to which the employer agreed. All of the drivers were tested and amazingly it was found that 24% of the team tested positive in the afternoon for cannabis. They were all enjoying more than a sandwich for lunch! They were soon looking for new jobs.

Drug & Alcohol Screening Programme

London House will provide a comprehensive drug screening service to your company or organisation including the following:

• Informative drug abuse lecture presented to management and supervisors.
• Advice and consultation on the formulation of an adequate drug policy.
• A complete urine drug screening service from collection to final result.
• Substance field testing service.
• On-going consultation and company membership scheme.

Research has shown that drug screening can:

• Reduce accidents in the workplace
• Increase the quality of work.
• Reduce absenteeism and sickness
• Increase productivity
• Reduce crime in the workplace
• Increase morale in working relationships.
• Save on recruitment costs.

Our drug screening programmes can be tailored to your needs, these programmes include:

• Pre- employment applicant screening.
• "With cause" screening.
• Random screening.

We work in association with a forensic accredited laboratory who are world leaders in this particular field.