Synthetic drugs are an insidious problem affecting mainstream Australia. They are in every level of our society and none more so than those trying to avoid on-the-job detection via the usual urine or saliva drug tests.
Synthetic drugs are not readily detected and not even looked for under the drugs indicated by AS 4308 or 4760 hence they have become popular with mine workers and high paid workers who are drug tested as they will not show in the results, thus allowing them to be at work under the influence of highly dangerous and impairing drugs. Synthetic drugs are in no way harmless, they are very powerful drugs – as powerful as heroin, methamphetamine or cannabis for example.
