Safety - Drug and Alcohol in the Workplace

Drug and alcohol abuse has a staggering impact on the workplace*:

Alcoholism causes 500 million lost workdays each year

Workers who use illicit drugs are twice as likely to have had more than three employers in the last year, to have missed more than two days of work in the past month due to illness or injury, and to have skipped work more than two days in the past month

A full 75% of callers to the national cocaine helpline admit to using drugs on the job, and almost half sell drugs to co-workers

Over 60% of adults know people who have gone to work under the influence of drugs or alcohol

The good news is that the vast majority of employees support drug awareness education programs and employee drug testing.  Better still, organizations that implement training and testing show significant reductions in substance abuse rates among their employees.

Accept the facts: a drug-free workplace leads to healthier employees and a healthier organization.  Start now to get healthy.

* Statistics reported by the US Department of Labor and the Office of National Drug Control Policy.