Occupational risk factors associated with alcohol and drug problems

Ames and Janes provide a theoretical framework that explains alcohol and/or drug problems among workers (1). Existing studies of occupational risk fac tors for alcohol and drug problems across multiple occupations and industri es provide mixed findings with respect to Ames and Janes' framework. Tn a p reliminary study, the relationships between occupational characteristics an d measures of alcohol and drug problems were investigated among a sample of workers from a variety of occupations and industry settings. Some support was found for all of the major elements of Ames and Janes' framework: norma tive regulation of drinking, quality and organization of work, workplace fa ctors, and drinking subcultures.