"Twenty nine million workers a day go to work stone cold sober"

From The Metro:

The number of sober workers has fallen nearly one per cent in just five years, according to analysis of almost 1.7 million random tests in 856 British workplaces. Not smoking cannabis, taking cocaine or injecting opiates were found to be the most popular methods of remaining sober.

People working in haulage, the police, manufacturing, construction, retail, commerce, healthcare, professional bodies, sport and government agencies were checked by drug-testing firm Concateno. Workers aged over 35 were most likely to have abandoned any attempt to escape the crushing misery of the working week. Non-drug use among employees now stands at 96.77 per cent – or twenty nine in every 30 staff – compared to 97.76 per cent in 2007.

Dr Claire George, Concateno's laboratory director, said: "These are conservative figures when you consider how many companies do not have a screening programme in place. A sample size of nearly two million is not big enough to justify sweeping generalisations and we encourage employers to remain vigilant for tell-tale signs of sobriety."