Bet you can’t order just one!
Part 86 of the Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988 (Public Law 100-690, Title V, Subtitle D) requires that employers receiving federal grants take specific steps to ensure a drug-free workplace. The Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act also mandates that universities maintain a drug and alcohol abuse prevention program.
And what better place to advertise it, than above the coffee machine?
It’s mildly amusing that anti-drug fliers in the workplace tend to be placed at the coffee machine. We’re so addicted to this drug that it’s the best place to put fliers. What really amused me about this flier, though, is its juxtaposition with “bet you can’t order just one”.
The sugar in a samoan probably results in more dependence than some illegal drugs.
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