There is a cost of ignoring the fact that employees of any enterprise are a cross-section of our society.  Businesses, by and large, mirror the community.  This means that businesses have employees who abuse substances. The cost of doing nothing directly affects the bottom-line ability of many enterprises to stay profitable or even survive.  Consider this:

• Over 25% of an affected worker's salary is lost due to drug and al­cohol related prob­lems.
• The cost of drug abuse to the business community is $640 per employee each year.
• Alcoholism causes 500 million lost workdays per year.
• 14-25% of employees 18-40 would test positive for illicit drugs on any given day.
• 20% of industrial fatalities have a drug or alcohol connec­tion.
• Federal studies show drug and alcohol affected workers are 3- 4 times more likely to have an accident.
• U.S. Chamber of Commerce study found short term abs­en­teeism of drug and alcohol af­fected employees to be 8 - 16 times greater than for un­af­fected employees.
• A drug or alcohol impaired employee is estimated to function at about 67% of full work po­tential.

In addition, the drug and alcohol affected employee:

• Is absent 2.5 more times for ab­sences lasting eight days or more.
  Is late three times more often.
• Asks for time off 2.2 times more of­ten.
• Is five times more likely to file a worker's compensa­tion claim.
• Receives three times the av­erage sick benefits.

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