Course Overview
This online Dealing with Drug and Alcohol Abuse for Employees course discusses the hazards of substance abuse, how employees can avoid them and what they can do to help keep their workplace drug and alcohol-free. In the United States there are over 50 million binge drinkers, 17 million illegal drug users and almost 15 million people who abuse prescription drugs... and most of them have jobs. Substance abuse directly affects the user, health, personality and ability to function safely in a workplace. It can also decrease productivity, create a hostile work environment and damage their company's reputation.