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POSITIVE tests to the drug ice have surged in Mackay workplace drug screenings.
The drug testing service, in Heidi St at Paget, is now seeing more positive tests for methamphetamines than for marijuana across different professions and age groups.
CQR Health manager Jenny Townley said the toxic and illicit drug didn't discriminate according to profession or age and that many workers in a variety of industries were now turning to the drug to cope with work stresses, long hours and shift work.
Ms Townley said the toxic synthetic substance was both mentally and physically destructive and that all employers, not just the mining industry, had both a legal and moral obligation to their staff to provide a safe working environment.
"Changes in circumstances, whether they be economic or personal, means many people are changing from casual ice users to increased dependency," she said.
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