 Q.
Do drug users work?
A. Yes,
71% of illegal drug users are employed. 90% of alcoholics
work.
-National
Institue on
Drug Abuse
Q.
Are drug
users poor?
A. No,
65% of people who use drugs earn at least $25,000 a year and
average 14 years of education.
-ADAMHA
Q.
Is drug
use a big city problem?
A. No,
drug use is the same in urban, in suburban and in rural areas.
-Office
for Substance Abuse Prevention
Q.
Is drug use only a large business problem?
A. No,
Substance abusers will go to small businesses to find jobs
since 91% of large American businesses have substance abuse
polices.
-Lynn
Martin, Secretary of Labor, The National Report of Substance
Abuse
Q.
How much
of the average work force has a substance abuse problem?
A. 15%-17%
-Bureau
of Labor Statistics
Q.
Do drug
users take drugs on the job?
A. Yes,
75% of drug users seeking help revealed that they used drugs
on the job
-National
Cocaine Hotline
Q.
Does drug
use hurt job performance?
A. Yes,
64% of drug users seeking help revealed that drugs hurt their
job performance.
-National
Institue on
Drug Abuse
Q.
Do drug users sell drugs to co-workers?
A. Yes,
44% of drug users seeking help revealed that they sold drugs
to co-workers.
-National
Institue on
Drug Abuse
Q.
Is drug use a cause of theft in the work place?
A. Yes,
18% of drug users seeking help revealed that they stole from
co-works to support their habits.
-National
Institue on
Drug Abuse
Q.
Is drug
use in my industry?
A. Construction
20.6%, Finance 14.6%, Repair 19.9%, Professionalism
11.0%, Wholesale 15.5%, Transportation 13.2%,
Manufacturing 15.2%, Retail 19.7%, Personal
Services 19.3%
-NIDA
Household Survey
Q.
Do drug
users incur more medical costs?
A. Yes,
300% more
-U.S.
Department of Labor
Q.
Do drug
users make more workers compensation claims?
A. Yes,
five times more than a non-substance abuser.
-National
Council on Compensation Insurane.
Q.
Do drug
users have problems with attendance?
A. Yes,
Substance abusers are responsible for 35% of all absenteeism
and absent 10 times more often.
-OSHA
Q.Does
drug use affect productivity?
A. Yes,
The Average substance abuser performs at 67% of potential.
-OSHA
The effect of substance abuse on productivity
represents the largest single controllable cost of any orgainization,
public or private.
-Wright
and Wright, "Creating and Maintaining a Drug-Free Workplace".
Q.
Does drug
use cause more injuries in the work place?
A. Yes,
47% industrial injuries, 40% industrial deaths and 5 times
more likely to injure themselves or another at work.
-Bernstein
and Mahney, Occupational Medicine.
For workers under the age of 44, 54% of unintentional
work-related deaths such as falls, electrocutions and vehicle
crashes involved an employee who tested postitive for drugs
and/or alcohol.
-Bureau of Labor Statistics

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