 | 65% of violence and thefts in
the workplace are attributed to drug abusing employees. |
| 47% of
all industrial accidents are attributed to substance abusing employees. |
| 50% of all emergency room
visits are attributed to substance abusing employees. |
| Drug abusing
employees file 5 times more workers compensation claims. |
| Drug abusing employees are
2.5 times more likely to have absences longer than 8 days |
| Drug
abusing employees are 3.6 times more likely to be injured on the job. |
| Drug
abusing employees have health care expenditures for their families that are twice that of
non-abusing employees. |
| A Drug
abusing employee is more likely to be violent to himself and others. |
| A Drug
abusing employee is likely to steal from a company by breaking and entering and
embezzlement. |
| A Drug
abusing employee is likely to be open to blackmail and bribery. |
| Most
importantly a drug abusing employee will influence other workers to join the drug
problem in today's industry. Random drug testing is an effective method which targets the
drug user. The issue that needs to be addressed is the detection of drugs that may
actually be in the workplace. Are drugs being used inside your work environment? Is your
workplace being used as a market to sell drugs?
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