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The number 13 represents bad luck for some people, but for Floyd McCrory of Rockville, Md., it’s a sign of continuing good fortune.

This year, he celebrates 13 years of sobriety.

“Best thing I ever did,” he said about quitting drinking. “It turned my whole life around.”

Workers Drunk on Job

15% of U.S. Workers Report Workplace Alcohol   Use or Impairment in Past Year.

An estimated 19.2 million U.S. workers (15.3%) reported using or being impaired by alcohol at work at least once in the past year, according to recently released data from the National Survey of Workplace Health and Safety.

The most common alcohol-related workplace behaviors were;

• being hungover at work (9.2%) and
• using alcohol during the workday (7.1%), primarily during lunch breaks.

Despite the relative magnitude of the problem, most workplace alcohol use or impairment occurred infrequently—

• 70% of workers reported using or being impaired by alcohol on a less than monthly basis,
• 19% reported it on a monthly basis, and
• 11% reported doing so weekly.

According to the authors, “the prevalence of alcohol use and impairment in the workplace was sufficiently high to suggest that employers need specific policies directed at alcohol use and impairment at work and employees need to be aware of these policies”

Adapted by CESAR from Frone M.R. “Prevalence and Distribution of Alcohol Use and Impairment in the Workplace: A U.S. National Survey,” Journal of Studies on Alcohol 67(1):147-156, 2006.

Alcohol Testing Reduces Drink Driving by Truckies

Mandatory Alcohol Testing For Truck and Bus Drivers Reduces Alcohol Involvement in Fatal Crashes

Mandatory alcohol testing programs for truck and bus drivers have contributed to a significant reduction in alcohol involvement in fatal crashes, according to a new study by researchers at the US Mailman School of Public Health and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Based on a study sample of nearly 70,000 heavy truck and bus drivers and over 83,000 car drivers, the estimated net effect attributed to the mandatory alcohol testing programs for drivers of heavy trucks and buses was a 23% reduced risk of alcohol involvement in fatal crashes.

This is the first study to comprehensively evaluate the Omnibus Transportation Employee Testing Act of 1991, which made alcohol testing mandatory for transportation employees with safety sensitive functions. Findings from the study are published online in the American Journal of Epidemiology.

In the U.S., there are approximately 4,000 fatal crashes involving heavy trucks and buses each year, and nearly 80% of these fatal crashes are collisions between a motor carrier and a passenger car. About 3% of the motor carrier drivers and 27% of car drivers in these fatal crashes are under the influence of alcohol.

“The mandatory alcohol testing programs for transportation employees with safety-sensitive functions are a major policy intervention,” says Guohua Li, senior author of the report. “However, this policy remains a controversial one, because of legal and ethical concerns and little empirical data about its safety benefit. Our study provides compelling evidence that implementation of the mandatory alcohol testing programs has significantly reduced alcohol involvement in fatal motor carrier crashes.”

The authors also report that the estimated safety benefit of the mandatory alcohol testing programs is consistent across age groups and between sexes. Moreover, implementation of these programs has reduced alcohol involvement by motor carrier drivers in daytime and night time fatal crashes to a similar degree.

Free cross-border trade by motor carriers is a major component of the North America Free Trade Agreement but has been hindered by issues around safety. One of the differences in regulations is mandatory drug and alcohol testing, which is required of drivers in the U.S. but not in Canada and Mexico. According to Mailman School of Public Health’s Joanne Brady, “results from this new study suggest that implementation of the mandatory alcohol testing programs in the U.S. has substantially reduced alcohol-impaired driving by motor carrier drivers.”

More at the; Mailman School of Public Health

• See also;
• $4 Million Killer Kids
• Brief-TSF can assist people cease alcohol consumption.
• AA and Treatment Work Better Together
• Ten percent of adults abuse drugs
• Twelve Step Facilitation

Drug And Alcohol Abuse: The Authoritative Guide For Parents, Teachers, And Counsellors by H. Thomas Milhorn

When Alcohol Abuses Our Marriage (Recovering Hope in Your Marriage) by Dave Jackson

Doctors want booze marketing ban

There should be a ban on all alcohol advertising, including sports and music sponsorship, doctors say.

The British Medical Association said the crackdown on marketing was needed along with an end to cut-price deals to stop the rising rates of consumption.

The industry spends £800m a year on promoting drinks – just a quarter of which goes on direct advertising.

Doctors said action was needed as alcohol was now one of the leading causes of early death and disability.

Only smoking and high blood pressure is responsible for a greater burden of disease, according to the World Health Organization.

Full story at BBC News

• See also;
• Adults give booze to kids
• Canadian alcohol policy
• Current Social Problems

Drug And Alcohol Abuse: The Authoritative Guide For Parents, Teachers, And Counsellors by H. Thomas Milhorn

Another Chance: Hope and Health for the Alcoholic Family by Sharon Wegscheider-Cruse