INTEGRITY NEWS
Vol. IX  No. 8
ISSN 1081-2717
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105th Congress
2nd Session
S. 2203

In Committee to Pass U.S. Congress

April 2000 

Drug Free Workplace
Act of 1998

In findings behind the bill, Congress
has found that:
 

     (1) 74 percent of adults who use illegal 

drugs
are employed;

     (2) small business concerns employ
over 50 percent of the Nation's workforce;

     (3) in more than 88 percent of families
with children under the age of 18, at
least 1 parent is employed; and

     (4) employees who use and abuse
addictive substances increase costs for
businesses and risk the health and
safety of all employees because --

          (A) absenteeism is 66 percent
higher among drug users than
individuals who do not use drugs;

          (B) health benefit utilization is
300 percent higher among drug users
than individuals who do not use drugs;

          (C) 47 percent of workplace
accidents are drug-related;

          (D) disciplinary actions are 90
percent higher among drug users than
among individuals who do not use
drugs; and

          (E) employee turnover is
significantly higher among drug users
than among individuals who do not
use drugs.









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