“Sit up and smell the Colombian” was a Financial Times headline in January 2005, exploring the use of cocaine in the financial sector. It was followed in the FT a week later by a commentary on the stresses in the legal profession that were leading to problematic consumption of alcohol and drugs.
Professional services - legal, medical, financial - are areas for cool heads and clear thinking. The damage done by inattention can cost companies and clients money and reputation.
Medscreen offers these professions pragmatic advice on how to introduce policies; our Employee Assistance Programme provides help before the pressures become drug and alcohol problems; our education services help to present the problem in a non-sensational manner, and the introduction of drug testing helps focus attention on the issues, and provides evidence that the company is serious about deterring the inappropriate use of drugs and alcohol which may become harmful to the employee.
