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 Switzerland
Drugs of Abuse Testing Guidelines have been established by the Swiss Working Group for Drugs of Abuse Testing Guidelines (WGDAT; see www.ichv.vsnet.ch/AGSA/).
These guidelines are intended as recommendations. They are not (yet) of legally binding nature. Uniformity in the treatment of drug analyses is the targeted objective. The guidelines have been prepared for the clinical sector (emergency units), rehabilitation and drug information centers to monitor substitution and/or withdrawal treatment, for the forensic sector (traffic control, prisons, etc.), and the workplace (industry, transportation, military, schools, etc.).
However, nowadays workplace drug testing is only performed in the area of public transportation, military, private schools, and very few private companies (like car industry, pharmaceutical industry), mainly in form of preemployment-testing. There are no statistical data available, as a survey planned by the WGDAT failed for technical, political and ethical reasons.
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