Alcohol and substance abuse is a major problem at the workplace in Canada and United States. The cost of substance abuse in US has been estimated to be $328 billion of lost productivity, including $134 billion due to alcohol and $100 billion due to elicit drugs. The Canadian Centre for Substance Abuse reported that the substance abuse cost the Canadian economy more than $39.8 billion in 2002. The cost to the business was both direct and indirect in terms of absenteeism, accidents due to unsafe actions and work practices, poor quality workmanship, conflict with the coworkers, and liability to the organizations.

Occupational and Environmental Medicine Specialists at IOMC are the experts in identifying the workers with clinically presentation of substance abuse syndromes, diagnosis of substance use disorders, legal aspects of pharmacological treatment and urine testing, workers confidentiality, and reporting requirements. Through our Organizational Response Program for Occupational Alcohol and Substance Abuse, IOMC will prepare your organization to deal with alcohol and substance abuse problem at your workplace.

 

Organizational Response Program for Occupational Alcohol and Substance Abuse will be supervised by an Occupational and Environmental Medicine Specialist at IOMC. The ultimate objective is to resolve the productivity problems at the workplace.

Please contact IOMC for more information and consultation on our Organizational Response Program for alcohol and substance abuse