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Several studies have shown that employees with drugs and alcohol problems are likely to have higher incidence of absenteeism, are less productive, have higher medical costs, and have more incidents and injuries. During the late 1980s, the U.S. Supreme Court approved employer drug and alcohol testing for applicants and employees under special circumstances. This was [...]
A research undertaken by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism or the NIAAA showed that teenagers who became exposed to alcohol drinking at 15 are 400% more likely to have dependence on the substance once they reach age 21. Exposure to alcohol drinking may arise once they become socially active since teenagers will [...]
According to Alcohol Test Info, statistics say that around 67% of the total number of complaints raised by employees in the workplace is related to alcoholism problems. In the US alone, 50% of automobile fatalities and industrial accidents are related to alcohol use as well. This then brought about concepts such as alcohol ETG testing. [...]
Even though illicit drug abuse is a top concern for most employers, drugs are not the only substance abused in today’s corporate world. This is why it is extremely important to talk about substance abuse testing that includes not only drugs, but the other substances commonly abused by employees as well. Substances like steroid, nicotine, [...]
EtG testing is a recently established form of alcohol evaluation that works differently from previous forms of alcohol testing. Rather than testing a sample for levels of ethanol, an ETG test looks for the level of EtG in the body to reach its conclusion. EtG is a metabolite that remains in the body for a [...]
