Studies show that alcohol and other drug users use three times as many sick days.
- National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence

Drug users are absent from work an average of five days a month due to drug use.
- U.S. Department of Labor

Drug and alcohol abuse in the workspace cause 65% of on-the-job accidents.
- Department of Labor

Substance abusers are 10 times more likely to steal from the company or from other employees.
- U.S. Department of Labor

Substance abusers use three times the normal level of employee health benefits and incur 300% higher medical costs.
- U.S. Department of Labor

Thirty-eight percent to 50% of all workers' compensation claims are related to the abuse of alcohol or drugs in workplace.
- U.S. Department of Labor

Drug-using employees are five times more likely to file a workers' compensation claim.
- National Institute on Drug Abuse

Statistics such as these prove that substance abuse in the workplace is an issue that employers need to address, but it is also an issue for witch there is an answer. Companies that began substance abuse testing programs experienced the following results.
 

A construction company with 60 employees reduced workers' compensation claims
by $50,000.

A manufacture with 560 employees experienced a 30% to 35% decrease in industrial accidents.

An electric supply company with 150 employees experienced a 39% decrease in absenteeism and a 36% increase in productivity,

A study of the economic impact of substance abuse treatment in an Ohio company found a 91% decrease in absenteeism and an 88% decrease in problems with supervisors.
- U.S. Department of Labor