There are plenty of reasons why methamphetamine is the workplace is bad thing. If your own or manage a business, here are two reasons that should get your attention:
Meth is bad for business and your bottom line.
Meth is bad for employee health and safety.
Meth is bad for business and your bottom line.
Meth is bad for employee health and safety.
How meth hurts your business:
Meth use by employees hampers your ability to compete in today's global market because it:
- Increases absenteeism
- Reduces worker productivity
- Leads to higher health care premiums
- Increases workers comp claims
- Increases employee turnover
- Increases losses from employee theft
*Source: Recent study by the University of Arkansas/Sam M. Walton College of Business
How meth hurts your employees:
Meth use takes a terrible toll on the mind and body of the user. The devastating physical effects of using this extremely addicting drug range from mildly debilitating to severely incapacitating and potentially lethal. Common side effects for using meth include facial disfigurement, rotting teeth (meth mouth), anorexia, body tremors, convulsions, high blood pressure, and seizures.
But it is the destructive psychological and neurological effects on the addict that make meth an issue for the entire workplace. Even short-term meth use can cause severe mood swings, depression, paranoia, and emotional instability in the user, increasing the potential for violence in the workplace.
Meth use can also increase the number of accidents in the workplace. A reported 65% of all accidents on the job are related to drugs and alcohol.
Employers and employees must learn about the hazard and costs of meth abuse in the workplace and what they can do to pervent meth.
Meth use takes a terrible toll on the mind and body of the user. The devastating physical effects of using this extremely addicting drug range from mildly debilitating to severely incapacitating and potentially lethal. Common side effects for using meth include facial disfigurement, rotting teeth (meth mouth), anorexia, body tremors, convulsions, high blood pressure, and seizures.
But it is the destructive psychological and neurological effects on the addict that make meth an issue for the entire workplace. Even short-term meth use can cause severe mood swings, depression, paranoia, and emotional instability in the user, increasing the potential for violence in the workplace.
Meth use can also increase the number of accidents in the workplace. A reported 65% of all accidents on the job are related to drugs and alcohol.
Employers and employees must learn about the hazard and costs of meth abuse in the workplace and what they can do to pervent meth.
Common indications of meth use:
Benefits to businesses of involvement with Parternship Carson City
How can your participation with Partnership Carson City in the anti-meth coalition benefit your business? By becoming involved, you can:
And you can benefit the community, as well, by helping to:
What you can do to prevent meth in the workplace:
- Absenteeism
- Hyperactivity
- Talkativeness, rapid speech
- Decreased attention span
- Skin sores or scabs
- Heavy perspiration
- Rapid weight loss
- Parkinson-like tremors
- Teeth grinding
- Extremely dilated pupils
Benefits to businesses of involvement with Parternship Carson City
How can your participation with Partnership Carson City in the anti-meth coalition benefit your business? By becoming involved, you can:
- Find out if meth use is a problem in your workplace
- Eliminate the negative effects of employee meth use on your business - reduce meth-related costs and improve your bottom line
- Generate good customer relations and publicity
- Establish your business as a good corporate citizen
And you can benefit the community, as well, by helping to:
- Increase public awareness of the meth problem
- Increase positive interaction with law enforcement
- Replace passive victimization with positive action
What you can do to prevent meth in the workplace:
- Show your employees that you are partnering with Partnership Carson City by displaying out decals, bumper stickers, and posters
- Establish an Employee Assistance Program and train employees about meth, addiction, and the cost to business; what to do if they suspect someone is using meth or purchasing or stealing merchandise that could be used in the manufacture of meth; and the benefits for your business and for them of joining the anti-meth efforts
- Provide information about Partnership Carson City using pamphlets or tear-off sheets at checkout stands