Nearly seventy percent of current users of illegal drugs are employed. One third of employees know of the sale of drugs in their work place. Twenty percent of young workers admit using marijuana on the job. Nearly one in four employed Americans between the ages of eighteen to thirty five have used illegal drugs in the past year. Thirty eight to fifty percent of all workers' compensation are related to substance abuse in the work place.
Substance abusers file twice as many worker's compensation claims.
Substance abusers have three hundred percent higher medical costs and benefits. Substance abusers are two and a half times more likely to be absent eight or more days a year. Substance abusers are one third less productive. It costs a business an average of seven thousand dollars to replace a salaried worker. This is an excellent example of a company screening prospective employees.