New Resources!
Check out and share the following three new resources: The Impacts of COVID-19 on Substance Use, Opioid Overdose, and Treatment; Substance Use and Mental Health Implications for the Workplace; and Kratom.
Training Supports a Drug-Free Workplace!
Training Supports a Drug-Free Workplace! Educating your employees on a drug-free workplace, along with training supervisors, will positively encourage workers' particpation in a safe working environment.
EAPs Support Employees and Businesses!
EAPs Support Employees and Businesses! The National Drug Free Workplace Alliance and the Employee Assistance Professionals Association share information on the importance of an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) as a part of a company's drug-free workplace program.
Know the Impact of Drugs in the Workplace!
Know the impact of drugs in the workplace! The National Drug-Free Workplace Alliance is emphasizing the importance of drug-free workplace programs that place the safety and health of workers above all else.
Workplace Drug Testing is Still Important! Drug-Free Work Week
The National Drug Free Workplace Alliance and National Drug Screening are emphasizing the ongoing importance of drug testing in the workplace. Drug testing protects the health and safety of all employees as well as the productivity of the workforce.
Workplace Drug Testing is Still Important! Drug-Free Work Week
The National Drug Free Workplace Alliance and National Drug Screening are emphasizing the ongoing importance of drug testing in the workplace. Drug testing protects the health and safety of all employees as well as the productivity of the workforce.
Drug-free workplaces are vital to business! Drug-Free Work Week
The National Drug Free Workplace Alliance and Drug Free Business are emphasizing the ongoing importance of drug-free workplace programs to businesses, especially in these trying times.
Register for Recovery and the Workplace Webinar!
We are excited to share with you presentations from two unique international programs of recovery and return to working productivity: San Patrignano, a recovery community in Italy, and Obra Social Ferroviaria, railway workers' health service of Argentina.
Marijuana Use Increases Acute Post-op Pain
Compared to patients undergoing the same surgery who did not use marijuana, those who reported marijuana use prior to surgery needed 12.4 milliliters more anesthesia, 58% more opioids per day during recovery, and experienced greater levels of pain on a scale of 1 to 10.
