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Substance abuse may include alcoholics and drug users. Their behavior will be different than other workers on the job.

1) In what ways can alcohol and drug use affect job performance and career success?

2) What are some ways that employees with alcohol and drug problems deal with their problems and in your opinion, what can employers do to assist employees?

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1) Alcohol and drug abuse can cause a detrimental reduction in the performance of individuals on their jobs, by causing these individuals to be fatigued much more quickly than other individuals who are performing similar job duties. In addition, alcohol and drug use can affect job performance due to the fact that the substances may cause an individual to be detached from reality, and result in poor relationships between these drug users and ...

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