Further, the Institute states that drug users in the workplace often become
drug dealers in the workplace.
Substance abuse has been reported to cost U.S. companies billions of dollars
annually in lost productivity, accidents, employee turnover, increased health
care costs, absenteeism, and workers compensation claims.
In 2002, 44 percent of drug abusers were employed in very small businesses,
compared to 13 percent in large businesses.
Jerome Houfek, President of the National Drug-Free Workplace Alliance in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, says, "Drug-free workplace programs began, historically,
with the county's largest corporations and over the years, have inadvertently,
squeezed substance users toward small business."
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