Why Drug Test

The cost of employees that use drugs exceeds $102 Billion annually. This cost is the result of lost productivity, absenteeism, health problems, job-related accidents, employee theft and employee turnover all related to drug use.


The construction, wholesale trade, and retail marketing workforce is primarily dominated by 20 to 34 year-olds. Dept. of Labor statistics show that of this age group 20.2% used illegal drugs in the past year, and 9.5% used illegal drugs in the last month. This includes a significant amount of Cocaine and Marijuana use.


Employees that use drugs are 5X more likely to be involved in a workplace accident.
Employees that use drugs are absent from work on average 40 days a year, employees that do not use drugs, on average, miss 4.5 days per year.
To help select quality employees
To help prevent workplace injuries
To help prevent theft from your company and employees
To help ensure maximum productivity from your employees
To help prevent drug-related employee absences