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This monograph is designed to help employers, employees, managers, and union officials develop effective workplace policies and programs to prevent drug and alcohol abuse and other health problems. The text of the monograph: (1) presents information regarding the costs of drug and alcohol use in the workplace, and evidence of potential cost-savings (in dollars and in human energies and aspirations) that may have resulted from different programs; (2) describes the evolution of programs in the workplace, including evolution from single- to multi-problem area programs and the options available, ranging from primary prevention to treatment and rehabilitation; (3) describes different types of programs that have been introduced; and (4) briefly analyzes issues to consider in developing and implementing a primary prevention/early intervention program in the workplace. A reference list and an appendix listing sources of additional information about drug abuse prevention/health promotion programs in the workplace are included. (Author/WAS)

This book traces the progress of the parent movement for drug-free youth, and describes a set of varied approaches to drug problems. Chapter 1 focuses on the actions of the city of Atlanta, Georgia in confronting drug problems and shows how that initial parent activism contained the seeds of the current national movement. Chapter 2 documents the evolution of the parent movement in Florida. The statewide ramifications of one family's actions to fight drug-abuse are presented. Chapter 3 focuses on the role of parental concern, grassroots activism, and community leadership in fighting drug abuse in the rural communities of Indiana. Chapter 4 presents the innovations in parent activism in the affluent suburban communities of southern Connecticut. Chapter 5 focuses on the parent organized door-to-door compaign in Omaha, Nebraska. Chapter 6 describes parent networking in Nassau County, New York. Chapter 7 presents the programs developed in the inner city black neighborhoods of Washington, D.C. Chapter 8 describes a statewide "war on drugs" project which took place in Texas. Chapter 9 features a California program which focuses on peer influence as a motivator for a drug-free lifestyle. The book concludes with two appendices: the goals, objectives, and guidelines of Unified Parents of America, and guidelines for how to give a successful party for teenagers, developed by Parents Who Care. (BL)