How can an employer be convinced that a soundly written and enforced policy is of far greater value to them than compromising on allowable employee drug use?
membership to communicate in a power- ful and impactful way. What can you do? As a member of DATIA, you can make a difference by:
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Geting educated and staying abreast of the information pertaining to the impact of drug and alcohol abuse on the workplace.
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Educate your customer base and your community about the benefits of safe & healthy employees, families, workplaces and living spaces.
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Become an advocate for the rights of an employer to maintain safe and drug free workplaces through drug testing programs.
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Contribute to the DATIA Outreach Fund, making greater multi-media resources available for employer and employee education: http://datia. org/datia-advocacy/marijuana-out-
reach-fund.html. To stay current on the issues pertaining
to legalized marijuana and workplace drug testing, visit DATIA’s webpage regularly and search for the “Marijuana Truth” LinkedIn DATIA subgroup to be a part of the discussion. You may also contact com- mitee members through DATIA at info@
datia.org or 800-355-1257. ❚
References
Bell, D. (2012, February 20). What’s the ROI on a Drug Free Workplace? Retrieved February 4, 2015
Bosker, W. K. (2013). Psychomotor function in chronic daily cannabis smokers during sustained abstinence. PLoS ONE , 8.
Crites-Leoni, A. (1998). Medicinal Use of Marijuana: Is the Debate a Smoke Screen for Movement Toward Legalization? Journal of Legal Medicine , 273-280.
Dowd, M. (2014, June). My Bad Trip. New York Times . New York: New York Times.
NIDA. (1992). The Economic Costs of Alcohol and Drug Abuse in the United States. Rockville, MD: National Institute on Drug Abuse.
Quest Diagnostics. (2014, September 11). Quest Diagnostics Drug Testing Index (TM). Retrieved February 4, 2015
SAMHSA. (1997). An Analysis of Worker Drug Use and Workplace Policies and Programs. Rockville: United States Department of Health and Human Services.
SAMHSA. (2013). Results from the 2012 NSDUH Survey. Rockville: National Survey on Drug Use and Health.
SAMHSA. (2014). The National Survey on Drug Use and Health. Rockville: NSDUH.
The Federalist Papers vis The Daily Caller News Foundation. (2014, May 27). Retrieved February 3, 2015.
Jo McGuire serves on the Board of Directors for DATIA and co-chairs the Marijuana Outreach Committee. She is also a DATIA Certified Trainer. Jo is the Founding President
of Five Minutes of Courage, where she con- sults and speaks to a broad array of audi- ences on the lessons learned from marijuana legalization in Colorado, as a subject matter expert. She also assists educators with classroom and assembly-style presentations, aimed at youth drug prevention and parent awareness through Drive Smart Colorado and the Pikes Peak DUI Task Force. Most recently, Jo has teamed up with leaders on the cutting edge of best practices in addic- tion treatment, substance abuse prevention, graphic arts and media design to form the nonprofit group Of Substance Media.
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