The National Council on Substance Abuse (NCSA) is focusing on spreading awareness about drug use in the workplace this month and provide assistance for both employers and employees where necessary.The NCSA’s deputy manager Troy Wickham said that while research has not been conducted locally to find out the extent of drug use in workplaces, statistics garnered internationally showed a direct link between substance abuse and poor performance on the job as well as increased absenteeism and poor relationships among employees and employers.He said this was why the Council themed this year’s Drug Awareness Month, celebrated this month, Our Workplace, Our Future: Our Future: Our Workplace. “We at the Council, in an attempt to be proactive, will take our programming into the workplace for the next few months, and we will start with drug awareness month,” he said, adding that the NCSA was equipped to conduct rapid assessments to determine whether there was substance abuse or drug use in the workplace and to assist with developing workplace drug policies.
