In a drug-free workplace, the employer has taken steps and initiated policies to ensure that employees, vendors, and customers are not:
- taking or using alcohol or drugs,
- selling drugs, or
- affected by the after effects of indulging in alcohol or drugs outside of the workplace during non-work time.
Additionally, the goal of a drug-free workplace program, as they have traditionally been developed, is to encourage an employee with a substance abuse problem to seek treatment, recover, and return to work.
via Develop a Drug-free Workplace – Drug Testing in the Workplace.