This course is ideal for any employee subject to a drug free workplace program which meets the following criteria:

• Utilizes a medical review officer for non-negative laboratory test results
• Utilizes a SAMSHA certified laboratory (Quest Diagnotics, LabCorp, etc.)

Why should my employees take this course?

Employee Awareness

Employees subject to substance abuse testing in the workplace need to have a clear understanding of the drug and alcohol testing process they are subjected to. Since most employees are not very likely to pick up your company’s drug free workplace policy and read it front to back they end up “learning” the basics from other employees who also have not read the policy, or worse, have a complete misunderstanding of it. Even if you have that one super-motivated employee who actually reads your policy, they end up simply reading the rules which typically do not provide information about why substance abuse testing is important, or what safeguards exist to help protect them.

Employees need to have a clear understanding about what behavior is prohibited, why they cannot simply refuse to test, and what the consequences might be if they test positive or refuse.  

Repetition = Better Retention

Although most employees are given a employee handbook and/or drug free workplace policy when they hired, few read it. The few who did likely have forgotten the details. Employers who take the time to educate employees, repeatedly during their employ, are more likely to have a successful drug free workplace program.   

Impact

Drug free workplace programs are more effective when all employees understand and support the initiative.

In this course employees will learn:

• Why employers test
  • Impact of substance abuse in workplace, home and to public safety
• How users can progress from recreational use to addiction
• Details about the drug and alcohol testing process and safeguards in the testing process
• The effects of substance abuse on the individual, family, society and workplace
• The basics of drug testing (collection, lab analysis, medical review and SAP)
• The basics of alcohol testing
• Safeguards in the testing process that protect both the employer and employee
• Common drugs of abuse and the short and long term effects of their use
• Prohibited behaviors
• Marijuana in today’s workplace 
  • Why it’s still legal for employers to test for marijuana despite various state laws legalizing it for medical or recreational purposes 
  • Why marijuana represents a threat to workplace safety and employee health