They may also be liable for ignoring the results of any drug testing and negligently hiring an employee with a history of abusing drugs or alcohol. ... Drug testing laws have been put in place to help guide employers in correcting problems of drug use in the workplace. . ... Even after a 1994 Amtrak accident in which several lives were lost, investigators discovered the train engineer had a known history of alcohol, not drug, abuse. ... US studies show that substance abusers (including alcohol) are 33% less productive, three times as likely to be late, four times as likely to hurt other...

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It is one of the most widely used drugs in our society. 7% of men and 2.5% of women aged 18 or over get drunk at least once a week (source: Institute for the Study of Drug Dependence). ... In practice, there are many factors which can affect some-ones ability to stay under the legal limit and so there is no fail safe guide as to how much some-one can drink before being illegal to drive. ... Alcohol History One of the earliest mentions of wine making is from an Egyptian papyrus dated 3,500 BC. ... Alcohol has been central to social, religious and personal use all over the world throughout hist...

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