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State: Georgia
Description:
DRUGS DON'T WORK
The Georgia Chamber of Commerce has instituted DRUGS DON'T WORK,
a program launched by the President's Drug Advisory Board and
designed specifically to assist small and medium sized businesses
in creating their own workplace substance abuse programs.
DRUGS DON'T WORK is implemented through local chambers, which
provide policies and technical assistance to members and
negotiate discount pricing on drug testing and EAP services based
on consortium model volume. The chambers also organize workshops
and sponsor a speakers bureau of professionals for employee
education and supervisor training, and form grassroots support
for the legislative agenda set by DRUGS DON'T WORK at the Georgia
Chamber.
In 1993, the Georgia Chamber and local chambers worked with the
State Legislature to pass a 5% premium credit for Workers'
Compensation based on a certified workplace substance abuse program.
The certifying agency is the State Board of Workers'
Compensation. In a private/public partnership, the Georgia State
Board of Workers' Compensation and the DRUGS DON'T WORK program
worked with small to medium sized employers, labor attorneys, and
other professionals to ensure that the certification requirements
are straightforward and easy to implement.
The Georgia program is structured to promote the flow of
resources from the national DRUGS DON'T WORK program to the State
level, and then to the local level. At the local level, the
program relies on public grants and corporate contributions in
the initial stages, while statewide corporate sponsorship and the
fee structures of individual chambers are expected to make the
programs self-sustaining in the future.
Efforts to institute workplaces free of substance abuse throughout
Georgia are spearheaded by the Georgia Chamber and funded by Drug-Free
Schools and Communities Grant money distributed through the State
Department of Human Resources, Program Resource Center.
Contact: Chuck Wade
DRUGS DON'T WORK in Georgia
Georgia Chamber of Commerce
233 Peachtree Street, Suite 200
Atlanta, GA 30303
Phone: (404) 223-2262
Contact: Jackie Ogden
Savannah Area Chamber of Commerce
P.O. Box 1628
Savannah, GA 31402
Phone: (912) 944-0444
Contact: John Watson
Department of Human Resources
Prevention Resource Center
2 Peachtree Street, N.W.
Suite 160
Atlanta, GA 30303-3171
Phone: (404) 657-2295
Fax: (404) 657-2160
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