WORKPLACE
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Drug Abuse on the Job Declines Again, Study Says: The figures declined for the sixth straight year, according to the latest data from SmithKline Beechman Clinical Laboratories, but it is still a huge problem. The SmithKline Beechman Drug Testing Index, a gauge of positive drug tests in the workplace, declined to 8.41% in 1993, the lowest level in the past decade, from 8.76% in 1992. The decline is due largely to “the heightened focus on education and employee assistance programs,” said Tobey Dichter of SmithKlein, which conducted more than 3 million drug tests last year.
