Show notes: How Do You Know Who is Drug Driving in your Organisation? In the first quarter of this year, the Driving for Better Business campaign is taking a deeper look at the area of Fitness to Drive. We’ll be sharing content on driver impairment, fatigue and wellbeing. In this episode we’re going to look at drug-driving at work and I’m joined by two guests: We have Ean Lewin, who is the Managing Director of Dtec International. Dtec supports hundreds of fleet operators on policy, screening and testing for drink and drugs. They also supply all 43 British police forces with the DrugWipe roadside testing kits. And we have Lesley O’Brien, who is the Managing Director of Freightlink Europe, a haulage firm based in Halifax, West Yorkshire, and one of Dtec’s corporate clients. Lesley was awarded an OBE in 2020 for her work in the transport industry and is going to talk to us about her personal experience of implementing screening and testing within her own firm. Ean Lewin, DTec International and Lesley O’Brien, Freightlink Europe https://www.drivingforbetterbusiness.com/podcast/episode/who-is-drug-driving-in-your-organisation/ Useful Links LinkedIn - Ean Lewin, Managing Director of D.tec Internationalhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/ean-lewin-44110617/ D.tec Internationalhttps://www.dtecinternational.com/ LinkedIn - Lesley O Brien, Managing Director of Freightlink Europehttps://www.linkedin.com/in/lesleyobrien2010/ Freightlink Europehttps://www.freightlinkeurope.co.uk/ PDF - The Hidden Cost of Substance Abuse in the WorkplaceDownload PDF PDF - Lose your FLT licence, Lose your livelihoodDownload PDF PDF - Effects of Stimulants on the BodyDownload PDF PDF - Effects of Depressants on the BodyDownload PDF PDF - Effects of Alcohol on the Male BodyDownload PDF PDF - Effects of Alcohol on the Female BodyDownload PDF Transcript Simon: Welcome to first episode of ‘Let’s Talk Fleet Risk’ for 2023. In the first quarter of this year, the Driving for Better Business campaign is taking a deeper look at the area of Fitness to Drive. We’ll be sharing content on driver impairment, fatigue and wellbeing. In this episode we’re going to look at drug-driving at work and I’m joined by two guests: We have Ean Lewin, who is the Managing Director of Dtec International. Dtec supports hundreds of fleet operators on policy, screening and testing for drink and drugs. They also supply all 43 British police forces with the DrugWipe roadside testing kits. And we have Lesley O’Brien, who is the Managing Director of Freightlink Europe, a haulage firm based in Halifax, West Yorkshire, and one of Dtec’s corporate clients. Lesley was awarded an OBE in 2020 for her work in the transport industry and is going to talk to us about her personal experience of implementing screening and testing within her own firm. Welcome to you both Ean, perhaps I can start with you. Can you give us an idea of how prevalent drug driving is, and why employers should be concerned? Ean: The basic message about prevalence of drug driving is that, it is more than drink driving and it’s just not analysed or detected enough and to back that up some recent figures released from Merseyside Police, covering the pre-Christmas drink / drug driving campaign – this time it was expanded to 6 weeks adding on a couple of weeks for the world cup, they made over 500 arrests in that 6 week period. 350 of those were drug drivers, 150 were drink drivers. That shows you the proportion and to bring this into context on the workplace - in 2020 their data showed that 50% of Merseyside police detections that year were either drivers at work in a company vehicle or they would be driving for their work the next day so 50% was shocking. That was repeated the year after – high 30%’s so it is very prevalent in work time and work vehicles. Simon: Can you tell us a little about what drugs we should be concerned about, how common they are, and how long impairment can last? Ean: In principle this is not medications, b