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Title: Drug and alcohol abuse: The pattern and magnitude of the problem

Abstract

In the last 12 months, many more cases of alcohol and drug (substance) abuse in the workplace were seen in the Escravos operations of Chevron Nigeria Limited than in previous years. This called the attention to the rising prevalence of drug and alcohol abuse in contradistinction to reports from similar organizations in other parts of the world. Chevron Nigeria has a written Drug and Alcohol Policy which has been dormant for some time because of the apparent rarity of the problem of substance abuse in the workplace. This Policy is being reviewed to broaden its scope and make it more effective. A total of 30 employees were tested for drugs and alcohol .6 exceeded the legal limits of Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) and 5 tested positive for drugs. Tests were mainly post-accident, reasonable cause and random. The common substances abused were alcohol, cannabis, cocaine and morphine in that order. The findings are compared with those of similar organizations in UK and USA. Efforts to control substance abuse in the workplace are being put into place.

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OSTI Identifier:
414749
Report Number(s):
CONF-960623-
TRN: 96:004555-0051
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: International conference on health, safety and environment in oil and gas exploration products, New Orleans, LA (United States), 9 Jun - 12 Sep 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of The third international conference on health, safety & environment in oil and gas exploration and production. Proceedings - Volume 2; PB: 934 p.
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
02 PETROLEUM; 03 NATURAL GAS; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PERSONNEL; DRUG ABUSE; PERSONNEL MONITORING; DISEASES; QUALITATIVE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; URINE; NATURAL GAS INDUSTRY; BLOOD; COCAINE; MORPHINE

Citation Formats

Ajayi, P A. Drug and alcohol abuse: The pattern and magnitude of the problem. United States: N. p., 1996. Web.
Ajayi, P A. Drug and alcohol abuse: The pattern and magnitude of the problem. United States.
Ajayi, P A. 1996. "Drug and alcohol abuse: The pattern and magnitude of the problem". United States.
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abstractNote = {In the last 12 months, many more cases of alcohol and drug (substance) abuse in the workplace were seen in the Escravos operations of Chevron Nigeria Limited than in previous years. This called the attention to the rising prevalence of drug and alcohol abuse in contradistinction to reports from similar organizations in other parts of the world. Chevron Nigeria has a written Drug and Alcohol Policy which has been dormant for some time because of the apparent rarity of the problem of substance abuse in the workplace. This Policy is being reviewed to broaden its scope and make it more effective. A total of 30 employees were tested for drugs and alcohol .6 exceeded the legal limits of Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) and 5 tested positive for drugs. Tests were mainly post-accident, reasonable cause and random. The common substances abused were alcohol, cannabis, cocaine and morphine in that order. The findings are compared with those of similar organizations in UK and USA. Efforts to control substance abuse in the workplace are being put into place.},
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year = {Tue Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1996},
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