Career Chp 13
Terms
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- side effects
- reactions to a medicine other than those intended
- Examples of protective clothing include
- hard hats
- addiction
- a physical or mental need for a substance
- Drug tests are used to
- reveal the presence of drugs in a person's body
- Drug
- a substance other than food that changes the structure or function of the body or mind
- Every year, substance abuse in the workplace costs about
- $140 billion
- Alcohol
- A drug that is produced by a chemical reaction in some foods and has powerful effects on the body.
- A true statement about alcoholism
- It is an addiction, it is a disease, it involes a physical and mental need.(all of the above)
- Using tobacco increases your chance of getting
- heart disease, lung disease, cancere of the mouth(all of the above)
- Workers who are substance abusers
- are often late or absent
- Using illegal drugs at work
- can lead to serious injuries
- When people around you smoke, you suffer from
- second hand smoke
- Substance use
- use of any substance for its intended purpose
- For employers, the results of accidents at work include
- increased medical payments, increased insurance payments, lost production time(all of the above)
- A controlled substance is a substance..............
- whose use is limited by law
- EAP
- a program to help identify and correct employees' substance abuse problems
- Maintaining a safe work envionment is the responsibility of
- both employer and employees
- Peer pressure
- pressure from friends to do something
- Substance misuse
- use of any substance in a way other than its intended use
- Substance abuse
- any use of an illegal substance and excessive use of any other controlled substance