Citation

Akgür SA, Erdem A, Coşkunol H. Drug Test. Anal. 2012; 4(2): 74-75.

Affiliation

Ege University, Institute on Drug Abuse, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Izmir, Turkey. serap.akgur@ege.edu.tr.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1002/dta.423

PMID

22362573

Abstract

The widespread of individual and social problems related to substance use/abuse provoked the new approaches for workplace drug testing systems in the world. Workplace drug testing laws are constructed to protect the community from the consequences of drug use by workers. In Turkey, the legal arrangements on workplace drug testing exist in Turkish Penal Code, Turkish Labour Law, Workplace Physicians Regulations, Maritime Labour Law and Medical Examination Instructions in Highway Transportation Although Turkey has made the initial attempts to develop homogeneous and reliable regulations for workplace drug testing, a detailed workplace policy for drug testing at workplace has still not been provided.. An amendment has been done in the Regulations on Seafarers and a drug test (marijuana, cocaine, amphetamine like drugs and opiate) has been added into the routine tests to take a "Seafarer Health Report". Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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