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Psychoactive Substances (also called ‘Legal Highs’ or ‘New Psychoactive Substances’ (NPS)) are substances used in the same way as illegal drugs such as cocaine or cannabis. The last few years has seen the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) report close to 100 new psychoactive substances hitting […]

We are often asked to comment on whether Anabolic Steroid misuse will appear during occupational workplace testing and the simple answer is possibly. Much depends on the type of testing and the devices being deployed for these purposes. It is possible that the makeup of the Anabolic Steroids could cause […]

Providing Specialist Drug & Alcohol Testing Services throughout the Sunderland and Tyne & Wear areas DATS has today successfully re-qualified with the British Assessment Bureau (certificate number 197714) in the fourth consecutive year for its quality management systems. Committed to providing quality advisory, training and testing services, DATS can be […]

DATS is today pleased to announce that it has joined Oil & Gas UK, the leading representative body for the UK offshore Oil and Gas industry. Providing its services to organisations around the UK including Aberdeen, Hull, Felixstowe and HolyHead, DATS conducts drug & alcohol testing aboard vessels and onshore […]

Organisations seeking approval with Achilles for track side (or other related) work with Network Rail are required to ensure that they have a For Cause contract with an authorised and endorsed Achilles / Link-Up supplier. In its third consecutive year, DATS continues to issue For Cause contracts to SME’s and […]