Online Training: Alcohol and Substance Awareness Program (ASAP)

Drug Testing Identifies Risk. Education Prevents It. 

Cannabis, alcohol, and substance use are increasingly normalized even in safety-sensitive workplaces. Policies and testing are essential, but they cannot prevent what employees don’t fully understand. Education reduces positive tests, strengthens policy compliance, and protects workplace safety. 

Created by Dr. Melissa Snider-Adler, an internationally recognized Addiction Medicine Physician and DriverCheck's Chief Medical Review Officer, Alcohol and Substance Awareness Program (ASAP) is an employee education platform built specifically to address substance use education for safety-sensitive industries. ASAP offers multiple online courses that are designed for all learning types and can be customized to fit your business needs.

This Program includes a library of courses which can be purchased individually, or you can get access to them all with an ASAP Program membership.

courses offered:

• Cannabis and Workplace Safety

• Substance Use and Workplace Safety

• Fitness for Duty

• Substance Use Disorders

• Workplace Drug Testing

• DOT Employee Education

See how education reduces risk before incidents occur

The Challenge Facing Safety-Sensitive Workplaces Right Now

Cannabis normalization is reshaping workplace risk.

When a positive test involves a legal substance, employers must be able to demonstrate that expectations were understood and education was provided.

Legal cannabis does not mean safe for safety-sensitive work, but many employees don’t fully understand that distinction. More than seven years after legalization, increased social acceptance has contributed to higher rates of use across working populations.

Employees may assume that “legal” means acceptable in all contexts, including safety-sensitive roles.

At the same time, employers are operating in an environment where human rights considerations and labour arbitration decisions require policies to be clear, consistently applied, and well-communicated. 

Workplace incidents keep climbing:

• Employees in safety-sensitive roles report using cannabis within 2 hours of work, or during work, with higher rates than non-safety-sensitive workers (CCSA 2025)

• The highest reported use occurs in mining, construction, and forestry - industries where impairment carries significant safety risk (CCSA 2025)

• Substance use cost Canadian employers $22.4 billion in lost productivity (CCSA March 29, 2023)

• Each incident costs you in insurance claims, grievances, investigations, and lost productivity

These aren't just numbers, they’re your employees: someone's coworker, someone's team lead, someone trying to get home safely to their family.

What Happens When Education Is Missing

Picture this: An employee uses cannabis the night before a shift, genuinely believing it's fine because it's legal. They don't understand residual impairment. 

The next morning, they operate heavy equipment. 

A near-miss occurs and now you are facing an investigation, an employee who truly didn't know they were putting themselves and their crew at risk and workplace decisions that can lead to costly legal challenges. 

Without employee education, you face:

• Increased grievances: "I didn't know" becomes their defence

• Policy non-compliance: Employees cannot buy into rules they don't understand

• Higher drug testing positivity rates: Requiring reactive management instead of proactive prevention

Testing finds hazards, but prevention depends on employees understanding why policies exist, how impairment affects safety, and what is truly at stake.

Education isn’t an add-on. It’s the foundation that supports everything else in your safety program. 

Meet ASAP: The Alcohol & Substance Awareness Program By FFD Learning Inc.

DriverCheck handles your alcohol and drug testing.

ASAP handles what comes before testing, alongside it, and after results occur: effective employee education that drives real behaviour change. 

Created by Dr. Melissa Snider-Adler, an internationally recognized Addiction Medicine Physician and DriverCheck's Chief Medical Review Officer, ASAP is the only employee education platform built specifically to address substance use education for safety-sensitive industries.

For more information about ASAP, visit: ffdlearning.com

ASAP is education that employees engage with, not just endure

Dr. Snider-Adler breaks down complex content into short, easy to understand, compelling videos with:

• Real workplace scenarios your employees recognize

• Clear explanations without medical jargon

• Interactive elements and knowledge checks

• Multiple formats (video, audio, text) for different learning styles

This isn't generic safety training. Generic programs weren't built for the complexity of substance use in safety-sensitive work. ASAP was created specifically to address:  

• The difference between “legal” and “safe"

• The use of cannabis and workplace safety

• Fitness-for-duty realities in safety-sensitive industries

• The science of how substances impact the brain, performance, and risk

• The stigma that prevents early disclosure of substance use disorders

What your workforce learns:

Through engaging content that employees actually want to complete, real understanding is created, not just completion certificates. Each lesson is designed for every learning style - so your frontline workers understand:

✓ Why your policies exist (not just what they say)

✓ How substances impact safety - even "legal" ones like cannabis and alcohol

✓ What impairment actually means in their specific work environment

✓ How to make safer choices that protect themselves and their coworkers

The result: Behaviour change you can measure

When they genuinely understand, employees make safer decisions about substance use timing, coworkers report safety concerns they previously ignored, voluntary disclosures increase as stigma decreases, and positive test rates decline.

Your policies gain credibility and start working as intended when your workforce knows what is truly at stake.

Empower your workforce with ASAP today

Trusted by Industry Leaders 

Your Employees Deserve Education as Rigorous as Your Testing Program

DriverCheck provides comprehensive drug and alcohol testing.

ASAP provides the education that makes your policies work.

Together, we are building safer workplaces through testing and education.

Show your workforce why safety policies exist. See the difference education makes. 

ASAP is brought to you in partnership with DriverCheck, Canada's leader in workplace drug and alcohol testing across transportation, oil & gas, mining, construction, aviation, rail, healthcare, manufacturing, and forestry. Together, we are committed to building healthier, safer workplaces.

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