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Employee Training
PPT-038-01 1
Outline
2. Impact of substance
abuse
3. Understanding
Substance Abuse &
Addiction
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Outline
6. Assistance
7. Confidentiality
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Drug & Alcohol Awareness
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Objectives
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Drug-Free Workplace Policy
2. Encourages employees
who have problems with
alcohol and other drugs
to voluntarily seek help
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Drug Program
- Policy
- Supervisor training
- Employee education
- Employee assistance
- Drug testing
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Drug-Free Workplace Policy
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Drug-Free Workplace Policy
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Drug & Alcohol Awareness
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Impacts of Substance Abuse
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Why Use?
• Experimentation
• Social or Recreational
• Stress Reliever
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Drug & Alcohol Awareness
Understanding Substance
Abuse & Addiction
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Abuse
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Understanding Addiction
Chronic
Progressive
Primary
Terminal
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Risk of Addiction:
• Addiction is a family disease
- Susceptible to developing problems
w/addiction
- Both a heredity and a learned behavior
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Risk of Addiction:
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Drug & Alcohol Awareness
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General Signs
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Signs of Addition
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Substance Abuse
• Emotionally
• Behaviorally
• Physically
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Emotional Effects
• Aggression
• Burnout
• Anxiety
• Depression
• Paranoia
• Denial
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Behavioral Effects
• Impaired coordination
• Irritability
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Behavioral Effects
• Excessive talking
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Physical Effects
• Weight loss
• Sweating
• Chills
• Smell of alcohol
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Drug & Alcohol Awareness
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Enabling
Examples of enabling:
Covering Up Blaming
Rationalizing Controlling
Withdrawing/Avoiding Threatening
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Family & Coworker Traps
• Sympathy • Innocence
• Excuses • Anger
• Apology • Pity
• Diversions • Tears
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Drug & Alcohol Awareness
Assistance
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Assistance
Things to consider:
• Help is available
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Assistance
CONFIDENTIAL
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EAP services
• Talk to a supervisor
• Employee Assistance
Programs
• Health care programs
• Outside agencies:
- Community hotlines
- Community mental health
centers
- Al-anon
- Alateen
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Drug & Alcohol Awareness
Confidentiality
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Confidentiality
N F I D
C O
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Confidentiality
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Confidentiality
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Confidentiality
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Drug & Alcohol Awareness
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Drugs of Abuse
• Alcohol • Narcotics
• Marijuana • Hallucinogens
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Alcohol
• Dysfunctional Behavior
• Blackouts
• Loss of memory
• Difficulty walking
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Cannabis (Marijuana)
• Other names Cannabis is referred to as: hashish
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Inhalants
Effects:
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Stimulants
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Depressants
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Narcotics
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Narcotics
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Hallucinogens
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Designer Drugs
Common Drugs
Effects:
• Ecstasy • Physical
• Adam – Hypertension, blurred vision,
tremors, drooling, anorexia,
• Lovers Speed impaired speech, paralysis,
• Special K seizures, brain damage, death
• Fantasy • Psychological
• – Confusion, irritability, anxiety,
Nature’s Quaalude
emotional, irrational,
depression, amnesia, violent
behavior, insomnia
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Bath Salts
Signs & Symptoms:
• Agitation • Tremors/shaking
• Extreme nervousness • Vomiting
• Fast heartbeat • Hallucinations
• Increased blood • Seizures
pressure
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OTC Drugs
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Common OTC & Prescription
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A Safer, Drug-Free Workplace
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Questions
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