So what if your employee got drunk last night? S/he's okay now, right?

Do you actually know ~
•  How many important clients your employee contacted this morning?
•  How many times s/he handled your expensive machinery?
•  How many times your employee performed a cash transaction?
•  How many miles your delivery person drove and to how many clients?
•  How many ton of your product was on the truck that left your dock?
•  How many breaks your employee required this morning?
•  How many tasks were re-done or completed in twice the normal time?
•  How many times your business was at risk due to this employee's impairment?
•  How this impairment affects the safety and morale of your other employees?
•  How employee impairment affects your company's bottom line ?


SIGNS & SYMPTOMS of DRUG ABUSE

You Should Know MARIJUANA
a.k.a. dope, weed, herb, grass, pot, refer, mary jane

• Rapid loud talking
• Excessive laughter or inappropriate happiness
• Forgetfulness in conversation (e.g. “What was I saying?”)
• Appearance of intoxication with no smell of alcohol
• In latter stages, appearance of sleepiness or stupor
• Distorted sense of time passage, tendency to overestimate time intervals
• Tendency to drive slowly, below speed limit
• Increase in appetite, especially after smoking marijuana
• Odor similar to burnt rope on clothing or breath
• Presence of roach clips (paper clips, bobby pins, hemostat or tweezers) and bongs or water pipes

• Pinpoint pupils that fail to respond to light
• Respiratory depression
• Drowsiness * Nausea and vomiting
• Apathy and decreased physical activity
• Short lived euphoria ~ feeling good effects
• Overdose results in coma or death

COCAINE
a.k.a. coke, crack, snow

• Dilated pupils
• Runny, red and sore nose, cold or chronic sinus/nasal problems, nosebleeds
• Respiratory problems
• Unexplained bursts of energy ( Restlessness or nervousness)
• Repetitive and no-purposeful behavior
• Irritability and anxiety
• Long periods without sleeping or eating ~ likely to be emaciated
• White powder in container and/or around nose
• Use or possession of paraphernalia - spoons, razor blades, mirrors, little bottles of white powder and straws

• Dilated pupils
• Dryness of mucous membranes, mouth and lips
• Excessive sweating and shakiness
• Reduced or loss of appetite
• Lack of sleep
• Talkativeness - conversation lacks continuity - changes subjects rapidly

PHENCYCLIDINE - ( PCP )

• Pupils may appear dilated
• Mask-like facial appearance
• Rigid muscles, strange gait
• Irrational speech or behavior
• Symptoms of intoxication
• Hallucinations
• Violent or frightened reactions
• Subject to flashbacks
• Exaggerated physical and mental reactions to situations
• Disorientation - agitation and violence if exposed to excessive sensory stimulation
• Deadened sensory perception (may experience severe injuries while not appearing to notice)