Alcohol and drug abuse in the workplace in France

Abstract
This study explored alcohol and drug abuses in the workplace in France. In fact, alcohol and drug consumption in the workplace make itself commonplace. It’s not a minor business problem and it’s a really risk to the company and its employees. Its affects both white collar and blue collar employees and both sexes. Most companies have developed approaches for dealing with this problem, this dilemma. Given the scope of this problem, it’s important to clearly understand, how company deal with this social problem? What are the causes and the effect in the productivity? Thus this paper will examine the environment of the alcohol and drug abuse, although the present situation in France, and then the study in this abuses in the workplace. The tools pointed up by the companies to confront this problem will follow this.

Introduction
According to a French magazine (Vergara. 2006) 62 % of companies are confronted with alcohol problems. Other studies show that the custom of hard drugs develops a worrying current situation.
It is a reality remained for a long time taboo. The alcohol and, more and more, the drugs are an integral part of the work. So much that companies, disarmed in front of this problem, worry about it. For the first time, the national Institute of prevention and educational for the health led two inquiries: the one with the human resources managers of a sample of companies, the other one with the employees. Result, 62 % of companies has bound alcohol problems its employees. For a very good reason, an employee on ten (11 %) admits to drink regularly some alcohol at work except the traditional jars and the meals.
Those acts have important consequences like occupational accidents, absenteeism, relational problems, and decline of the productivity… Even if Human Resources Managers are aware that alcohol consumption at work is a serious problem, 69 % of companies have never led a prevention