Substance Abuse in the Workplace

By: Branden Curtis

Do You Know Anyone That You Work With Dealing With

Substance Abuse?

Do You Know Anyone in Your Family That Has Problems With

Substance Abuse?

The Reason Why I Chosen This?

• I wanted to get involved with business• How I can learn from preventing this

Thesis

• Drug abuse continues to be a problem in the workplace.

• Employers, the government, and the addicts themselves should work together to seek rehabilitation.

What’s Substance Abuse

• Also known as drug abuse• A pattern of harmful use of any substance for

mood-altering purposes • The use of illegal drug or abuse of

prescription drug for other purpose

Background/ Statistics

• In U.S studies, one-third of workers are less active when they are at work than they are at work or outside of the workplace because of drug and/or alcohol abuse .

• Alcohol and drugs have cost U.S. Businesses way over $81 billion from to lack of participation.

• 21% of the employees have mention that their co-workers drug abuse had affected them.

Background/ Statistics

• In U.S studies, one-third of workers are less active when they are at work than they are at work or outside of the workplace because of drug and/or alcohol abuse .

• Alcohol and drugs have cost U.S. Businesses way over $81 billion from to lack of participation.

• 21% of the employees have mention that their co-workers drug abuse had affected them.

Background/ Statistics

• In U.S studies, one-third of workers are less active when they are at work than they are at work or outside of the workplace because of drug and/or alcohol abuse .

• Alcohol and drugs have cost U.S. Businesses way over $81 billion from to lack of participation.

• 21% of the employees have mention that their co-workers drug abuse had affected them.

Survey

• 76% of the workers who have a serious problem with drugs and alcohol lied when they were filling of the applications

• 14% of the employees that did a survey, one had mention that they had to re-fix or do over the work because of the worker was drinking and was making to many mistakes

Cont’

• 42% of the employee had said that they were too distracted and had less potential working because one of their family member’s was having problems with their addiction

Random Drug Testing

• State of Ohio• U.S. studies shown that abusers are 33%

less active, when they can hurt others or them at work    

• Drug testing had been required in workplaces on employers for safety reason

Alcohol Abuse

• Drinking at work causes you to arrive to work late or leaving early

• Ames and colleagues had seen that the relationship of a hangovers at work and feeling sick at work, or sleeping on the job which can cause a problem doing a job task or employees

Cont’

• The cause of drinking can be from being stress out or dull

• The efficiency lost from alcohol was about $119 billion in 1995

• Employees barely have the knowledge of the policies that seemed to support drinking

Cons

• Drugs can affect the person’s life in many ways like in health, finances, and stability.

• Those who have misused alcohol changed employers a lot and 500 million to lose their jobs.

• Drug abusers at work produce drug dealers in the workplace.

Pros

• Employers should have interventions for the employee .

• Workplace substance abuse prevention is to work with the companies that have a problem with drugs and alcohol for safety reasons, health issues, and the works performance.

• Free employment drug screening.

Rehabilitation

• Drug & alcohol rehab, addiction treatment, drug rehabilitation programs, and centers in the United States are working with people or employees with any abuse

Conclusion

• I have chosen this career because I am interested in business and I want to own my own restaurant

• I think that a person can be treated from abusing any substance that they are on

Conclusion

• I have chosen this career because I am interested in business and I want to own my own restaurant

• I think that a person can be treated from abusing any substance that they are on

Cont’

• Most compelling research- too many people

lose their jobs because of drug abuse. • Most interesting idea- I’m surprised how

the government spends so much money on preventing substance abuse.

• Satisfaction with the work- I was fascinated what I’d had found about substance abuse

• Future research - what can be prevented more to stop substance abuse

• Satisfaction with the work- I was fascinated what I’d had found about substance abuse

• Future research - what can be prevented more to stop substance abuse

• Satisfaction with the work- I was fascinated what I’d had found about substance abuse

• Future research - what can be prevented more to stop substance abuse