Maintaining a drug-free work environment is essential to ensure a safe environment for all employees. It is not only illegal drug use that is of concern, but also the abuse of prescription medications. 
Employees injured in work-related incidents are often prescribed narcotic pain killers as a part of their treatment. This is true in 65%-85% of injury cases according to The Workers Compensation Research Institute. This can lead to the opioid abuse that we hear about so often on the news these days and can affect an employee’s performance causing even more accidents on the job.
Because of this problem, it has become necessary for employers to not only test for illegal substances, but also prescription drug use. For more information click on Employee Drug Screening.