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DRUG AND ALCOHOL INFORMATION
Employee Fact Sheets
#1 Why Have a Drug-Free Workplace?
#2 You Can Contribute to a Drug-Free
Workplace
#3 Is Someone You Care About in Trouble?
#4 Why All the Fuss About Drugs
#5 Drug Testing: What Does it Mean to
You?
#6 What Parents Need to Know
#7 Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs -
Making Prevention Work
The following websites offer userful information on Drug abuse
http://www.health.org/workplce/factsht.htm
http://www.health.org/workplce/index.htm
http://www.health.org/workpl.htm
http://www.health.org/pubs/qdocs/index.htm
http://www.health.org/wpkit/index.htm
More information on alcohol abuse can be obtained from the UK's Institute of Alcohol Studies at http://www.ias.org.uk and in the USA at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism http://www.niaaa.nih.gov
The following data has been extracted from http://www.ias.org.uk/factsheets/drinkdriving.htm
Legal Limits for Driving in Europe
TABLE -1-
Drink Drive Limits and Penalties in the European Union
Country |
Limit mg% |
Disqualification (maximum) |
Prison Sentence (maximum) |
Austria |
50 |
1 month | Up to 3 months/ 3 years (if fatal) |
Belgium |
50 |
8 days - 5 years | 15 days - 3 months |
Denmark |
50 |
24 - 30 months | Nil |
Germany |
50 |
6 months - 5 years | 5 years (if fatal) |
Greece |
50 |
3 - 6 months | 1 - 12 months |
Finland |
80 |
3 months - 2 years | up to 3 months |
France |
50 |
1 month - 1 year | 2 months - 2 years |
Ireland |
80 |
1 year | 6 months |
Italy |
80 |
15 days - 1 year | 1 - 6 months |
Luxembourg |
80 |
3 months - 15 years | 1 day - 3 years |
Netherlands |
50 |
6 months - 10 years | 3 months - 3 years |
Portugal |
50 |
15 days - 1 year | Nil |
Spain |
50 |
Driving a car = 3 months - 5 years | 1 - 6 months |
Spain |
30 |
Trucks & Buses = 3 months - 5 yrs | 1-6 months |
Sweden |
20 |
3 months - 3 years | 1 month - 2 years |
UK |
80 |
1 year - 18 months | 6 months |
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This page was last amended on 23 April 1999 10:10:38 +0100