Workplace Substance Abuse Information

The vast majority of drug users are employed, and when they arrive for work, they don't leave their problems at the door. Of the 16.7 million illicit drug users aged 18 or older in 2003, 12.4 million (74.3%) were employed either full or part time. Furthermore, research indicates that between 10 and 20% of the nation's workers who die on the job test positive for alcohol or other drugs. In fact, industries with the highest rates of drug use are the same as those at a high risk for work-related injuries, such as construction, mining, manufacturing and wholesale.

A comprehensive drug-free workforce approach includes five components—a policy, supervisor training, employee education, employee assistance, and drug testing. Such programs, especially when drug testing is included, must be reasonable and take into consideration employee rights to privacy

Workplace Substance Abuse Articles and information sheets:

• Article—Steps to a Drug-Free Workplace ()
• Article—Helping America’s Businesses Benefit from Being Drug Free ()
• information sheet—Drug-Free Workplace Programs Help Ensure Safe and Healthy Workplaces
• information sheet—Symptoms and Intervention Techniques (for supervisor audience)
• information sheet—General Workplace Impact (for general employment audience)
• information sheet—Construction Industry
• information sheet—General Services Industry
• information sheet—Health Care Industry
• information sheet—Hospitality Industry
• information sheet—High-Tech Industry
• information sheet—Manufacturing Industry
• information sheet—Retail Industry
• information sheet—Transportation Industry
• information sheet—Wholesale Industry
• Small Business How to address Workplace Substance Abuse

Information On the Dangers of Workplace Substance Abuse

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