Congressman Burgess Owens (UT-4) recently introduced legislation that would prevent impairment in the workplace. The bill would sanction a workplace training program through the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health
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Workplace Opioids & Substance Use
The U.S. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) has published a comprehensive workplace toolkit for the prevention and response to opioids and substance use.
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New Workplace Impairment Webinar
Check out our new workplace impairment webinar featuring great information for employers faced with documenting reasonable suspicion of substance use.
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Make Your Drug Free Workplace Recovery Friendly
A recovery friendly workplace (RFW) goes beyond the typical drug free workplace program and educates all workers from the top down on strengthening the workplace culture through evidence-based practices.
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Increase in Pandemic Substance Use Seen in Unfilled Jobs
Increased use of illicit substances, especially opioids and fentanyl, along with an increase in deaths from these drugs during the pandemic appears to account for a decline in workforce participation of between 7% - 19% out of an overall reduction of 9% - 26%.
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Importance of Random Drug Testing
The importance of random drug testing is growing as drug use is on the rise in the United States. The National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) conducted by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration (SAMHSA) identified that the number of past-year illicit drug users ages 26 and older over the last few years: 14.6% of the population in 2015; 15% of the population in 2016; 16.1% of the population in 2017; and 16.7% of the population in 2018.
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