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Employer-led interventions to reduce use and adverse effects
Summary of the evidence
Employer-led interventions (including employee education, drug testing (random, post-accident and reasonable suspicion), employee assistance programs (EAP), supervisor training, written workplace drug-free policy, and restructuring of employee health benefit plans) showed no significant difference in a narrative review (Akanbi et al., 2020, 27 studies) in:
- reducing use
- reducing the adverse effects of drug misuse in the workplace
Details
Note: this evidence summary is only valid for the outcomes, target groups, settings and substances/patterns of use described below.
