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WHEN IS A DRUG NOT A DRUG?
BY CARL E. KING
WE CAN'T TURN ON A Television or pick up a newspaper these days without hearing or reading about drug testing. Most large companies are either testing applicants and employees for drugs or are considering doing so. Drug testing through urinalysis is one of this country's fastest-growing businesses. The US government has not only endorsed testing in general but in fact ordered it for private companies regulated by the Department of Transportation.
The current interest in drug screening is commendable. Since widespread testing has begun, the national use of every illicit substance except crack has declined. Clearly, workplace testing is one of the only strategies in the 20-year war on illegal drugs that seems to be working.
But our battle plan has a flaw. While we've been testing diligently for drugs, a single substance has escaped notice, a substance that causes twice the problems of all illegal drugs combined: alcohol.
Alcohol is the most abused substance in the United States today and affects seemingly normal men and women from every walk of life. Its cost to society is staggering. The Research Triangle Institute of North Carolina reports alcohol abuse was responsible for $50.6 billion in reduced productivity in 1988, compared with $25.7 billion in losses from drug abuse. Our nation spent $9.5 billion in health care costs for alcohol-related problems, compared with $1.2 billion for drug-related problems.
The Employee Assistance Society of North America states absenteeism among alcoholics and problem drinkers is as much as 8.3 times higher than for other employees. Alcohol abusers also have a two to three times greater risk of being involved in industrial accidents. The society's studies show that up to 40 percent of industrial fatalities and 47 percent of industrial injuries are due to alcohol abuse. Even nonalcoholic members of an alcoholic's family use 10 times more sick leave than other employees.
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