Drug and alcohol abuse: a Canadian perspective

Although substance abuse does represent a serious problem in Canadian workplaces, data collected by the Addiction Research Foundation, the Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission and Health and Welfare Canada do not support the perception that it has become worse in the past 5 years. Moreover, the...

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Published in:The Canadian business review 1992-06, Vol.19 (2), p.17
Main Author: Cunningham, B.H
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Alcohol
Alcoholism
Canada
Cocaine
Corporations
Drug & alcohol use
Drug abuse
Drug addiction
Drug testing
Drug use
Employee problems
Employees
Health aspects
Mandatory drug testing
Organized crime
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Problem solving
Substance abuse
Urine
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Cocaine
Corporations
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Drug abuse
Drug addiction
Drug testing
Drug use
Employee problems
Employees
Health aspects
Mandatory drug testing
Organized crime
Prevention
Problem solving
Substance abuse
Urine
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