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A 6 page research paper that examines the problem of substance abuse in the workplace and the cost that this entails in terms of reduced productivity and other costs to business and industry. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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not all businesses do drug testing and also because substance abusers, particularly those individuals who have a problem with alcohol, become adept at masking the effects of their drug dependency
on their behavior. However, the statistics that are available show that this problem is pervasive, increasing, and likely to remain a serious problem until society can devise effective methods of
coping with substance abuse problems. Studies into this problem have revealed some surprising results. For example, seventy to eighty percent of alcohol-related incidents (that is, accidents, quarrels, absenteeism, and
crime) are not due to heavy-drinkers, bur rather can be attributed to moderate social drinkers and low consumers of alcohol. This is due to the fact that the number in
these categories vastly outnumber those in the heavy-drinker category and also because heavy-drinkers develop "physical tolerance and social mechanisms" that mask the impact of alcohol on their behavior (Anonymous, 1998,
p. 5). So, while it may not seem to be a serious act for a moderate drinker to have "one too many," statistics show that this ultimately results in
a serious consequences. In 1992, a Canadian study estimated that the cost of alcohol abuse to that country was $7.5 billion (Anonymous, 1995, p. 5). American industry
and business also suffer from this problem. Alcohol and illicit drug abuse costs billions of dollars each year from work errors, wasted, materials and supplies, tardiness and "on-the-job absenteeism" (Garcia,
1996, p. 55). Studies have also shown that poor productivity results from impaired judgement at all levels of management, and that these losses are compounded by the need for increased
re-hiring and training of new personnel (Garcia, 1996). Business leaders have pointed out that the cost involved in firing employees and then having to hire and train new ones
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