This article touches upon industrial medicine's history and its start as primarily one of first-aid and its development into a dynamic force for dealing with the entire individual and his wide range of problems. It describes the entry of alcoholism programs into the spectrum of industrial medicine and cites the wide range of drugs now affecting employees in the work setting. It discusses successful alcoholism programming and the differences and similarities of programs which may be developed for other substance abuse. The article also includes a composite picture of company policy on drug abuse and stresses the fact that the use of alcohol and other drugs poses a critical problem for industry.
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