Roberts S, Fallon L F
Department of Public Health and Rehabilitative Services, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio 43606, USA.
Occup Med. 2001 Jul-Sep;16(3):509-15, v.
Drug abuse is an important problem in the workplace. Seventy percent of current illegal drug users are employed, and approximately 7% of Americans employed in full-time work report heavy drinking. Drug-using employees are twice as likely to request time off, and 3.6 times more likely to be involved in a workplace accident. Individuals who use alcohol or other drugs in the workplace annually cost American business 81 billion dollars in lost productivity; 86% of these costs are attributed to drinking. Although alcohol is the primary source of problems for the workplace, other drugs such as amphetamines, cocaine, marijuana, and tobacco are also troublesome. Employee assistance programs and drug treatment hold great promise for coping with these problematic substances.
药物滥用是职场中的一个重要问题。目前70%的非法药物使用者都有工作，并且全职工作的美国人中约7%称有酗酒问题。使用药物的员工请假的可能性是其他人的两倍，卷入职场事故的可能性则高出3.6倍。在职场中使用酒精或其他药物的人每年给美国企业造成810亿美元的生产力损失；其中86%的损失归因于饮酒。尽管酒精是职场问题的主要根源，但苯丙胺、可卡因、大麻和烟草等其他药物也会带来麻烦。员工援助计划和药物治疗对于应对这些有问题的物质大有希望。
