SUBSTANCE USE AFFECTS BUSINESS
• Alcohol is the most widely abused drug among working adults. An estimated 6.2 percent full-time employees are risky users.
• Individuals who currently use alcohol at risky levels are more likely to have skipped one or more days of work in the past month.
• Up to 40 percent of industrial fatalities and 47 percent of industrial injuries can be linked to alcohol consumption and alcohol dependence.
• The majority of illicit drug users in the U.S. are employed. Of 12.3 million illicit drug users, 9.4 million work.
• Risky drinking correlates with illicit drug use. Of 12.4 million heavy drinkers, 30.5 percent are also illicit drug users.
• Substance use is estimated to cost businesses 81 billion dollars in lost productivity annually—37 billion due to premature death and 44 billion due to illness. Of these combined costs, 86 percent are attributed to alcohol use.
WHAT IS A DRUG-FREE WORKPLACE?
A drug-free workplace is free of the health, safety and productivity hazards caused by employee use of alcohol or other drugs. Substance use in the workplace includes use at work or drug selling on work premises, but the use does not need to occur on the job for the workplace to be affected. Employees—at any level—who miss work due to substance use on their own time or who come to work impaired contribute to a workplace that has to deal with the effects of substance use.
PROGRAM ELEMENTS AND RESOURCES
A comprehensive drug-free workplace program includes five components: policy, training, education, employee assistance program and drug testing. Included here are templates and source documents for your reference to create a drug-free workplace.
Drug-free workplace policy
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Template: Drug-free workplace policy1: Med marijuana as violation of policy
Template: Drug-free workplace policy2: Med marijuana not as violation of policy
Developing drug-free workplace policy
Drug-free workplace programs
DOWNLOAD
Keeping your workplace drug free
Drug-free workplace program components
Conducting a needs assessment: SAMHSA
Hallmarks of successful workplace programs: SAMHSA
Why you should care about having a drug-free workplace: SAMHSA
Implementation guide to how to build a drug-free workplace: SAMHSA
Save money by assuring access to substance abuse treatment: SAMHSA
12 reasons why a good drug-free workplace program goes bad: Dept. of Labor
LINKS
Institute for a Drug-Free Workplace
Office of National Drug Control Policy
US Dept. of Labor: Working Partners
National Drug-Free Workplace Alliance
US Dept. of Labor: Drug-free workplace advisor
Ensuring Solutions to Alcohol Problems: Alcohol Cost Calculator
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Division of Workplace Programs
Supervisor training
DOWNLOAD
Warning signs at work
What is reasonable suspicion
Workplace drug use facts for managers: SAMHSA
Employee assistance programs
DOWNLOAD
EAPA's EAP buyers guide
10 things to know about EAPs
LINKS
Colorado Chapter of EAPA
Employee Assistance Society of North America
International Employee Assistance Professional Association
Drug testing
DOWNLOAD
Testing info for companies
Drug testing in the workplace: SAMHSA
LINKS
Well Focused Testing
Norchem Drug Testing
Compliance Administrative Services
Midtown Occupational Health Services
THE DRUG-FREE WORKPLACE ACT
The Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988 requires some Federal contractors and all Federal grantees to provide drug-free workplaces. The organizations are required to take certain steps, such as publishing and providing a drug-free workplace policy statement to all covered employees and establishing a drug-free employee awareness program. There are notification requirements regarding if an employee is convicted of a criminal drug violation in the workplace. The Act does not require drug testing. To determine how the requirements may affect your business, visit Department of Labor Drug Free Workplace Act.
FOR INFORMATION
DENVER 303.369.0039 WESTERN SLOPE 970.986.4360 TOLL-FREE 866.369.0039
To request information, technical assistance or to schedule a presentation: mailto:Workplaceinfo@peerassist.org
FUNDING
Workplace Prevention Services: Colorado Department of Human Services, Division of Behavioral Health
Drug-Free Workplace: Paul D. Coverdell Drug-Free Workplace Program, U.S. Small Business Administration
• Alcohol is the most widely abused drug among working adults. An estimated 6.2 percent full-time employees are risky users.
• Individuals who currently use alcohol at risky levels are more likely to have skipped one or more days of work in the past month.
• Up to 40 percent of industrial fatalities and 47 percent of industrial injuries can be linked to alcohol consumption and alcohol dependence.
• The majority of illicit drug users in the U.S. are employed. Of 12.3 million illicit drug users, 9.4 million work.
• Risky drinking correlates with illicit drug use. Of 12.4 million heavy drinkers, 30.5 percent are also illicit drug users.
• Substance use is estimated to cost businesses 81 billion dollars in lost productivity annually—37 billion due to premature death and 44 billion due to illness. Of these combined costs, 86 percent are attributed to alcohol use.
WHAT IS A DRUG-FREE WORKPLACE?
A drug-free workplace is free of the health, safety and productivity hazards caused by employee use of alcohol or other drugs. Substance use in the workplace includes use at work or drug selling on work premises, but the use does not need to occur on the job for the workplace to be affected. Employees—at any level—who miss work due to substance use on their own time or who come to work impaired contribute to a workplace that has to deal with the effects of substance use.
PROGRAM ELEMENTS AND RESOURCES
A comprehensive drug-free workplace program includes five components: policy, training, education, employee assistance program and drug testing. Included here are templates and source documents for your reference to create a drug-free workplace.
Drug-free workplace policy
DOWNLOAD
Template: Drug-free workplace policy1: Med marijuana as violation of policy
Template: Drug-free workplace policy2: Med marijuana not as violation of policy
Developing drug-free workplace policy
Drug-free workplace programs
DOWNLOAD
Keeping your workplace drug free
Drug-free workplace program components
Conducting a needs assessment: SAMHSA
Hallmarks of successful workplace programs: SAMHSA
Why you should care about having a drug-free workplace: SAMHSA
Implementation guide to how to build a drug-free workplace: SAMHSA
Save money by assuring access to substance abuse treatment: SAMHSA
12 reasons why a good drug-free workplace program goes bad: Dept. of Labor
LINKS
Institute for a Drug-Free Workplace
Office of National Drug Control Policy
US Dept. of Labor: Working Partners
National Drug-Free Workplace Alliance
US Dept. of Labor: Drug-free workplace advisor
Ensuring Solutions to Alcohol Problems: Alcohol Cost Calculator
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Division of Workplace Programs
Supervisor training
DOWNLOAD
Warning signs at work
What is reasonable suspicion
Workplace drug use facts for managers: SAMHSA
Employee assistance programs
DOWNLOAD
EAPA's EAP buyers guide
10 things to know about EAPs
LINKS
Colorado Chapter of EAPA
Employee Assistance Society of North America
International Employee Assistance Professional Association
Drug testing
DOWNLOAD
Testing info for companies
Drug testing in the workplace: SAMHSA
LINKS
Well Focused Testing
Norchem Drug Testing
Compliance Administrative Services
Midtown Occupational Health Services
THE DRUG-FREE WORKPLACE ACT
The Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988 requires some Federal contractors and all Federal grantees to provide drug-free workplaces. The organizations are required to take certain steps, such as publishing and providing a drug-free workplace policy statement to all covered employees and establishing a drug-free employee awareness program. There are notification requirements regarding if an employee is convicted of a criminal drug violation in the workplace. The Act does not require drug testing. To determine how the requirements may affect your business, visit Department of Labor Drug Free Workplace Act.
FOR INFORMATION
DENVER 303.369.0039 WESTERN SLOPE 970.986.4360 TOLL-FREE 866.369.0039
To request information, technical assistance or to schedule a presentation: mailto:Workplaceinfo@peerassist.org
FUNDING
Workplace Prevention Services: Colorado Department of Human Services, Division of Behavioral Health
Drug-Free Workplace: Paul D. Coverdell Drug-Free Workplace Program, U.S. Small Business Administration