# COMAR Title 21 — State Procurement Regulations

## Subtitle 11 — Socioeconomic Policies

### Chapter 08 — Drug and Alcohol Free Workplace

#### Regulation .01 Policy.

*COMAR 21.11.08.01*

A. Drug and alcohol abuse in the workplace leads to a decrease in productivity, economy, and the maximum benefit to be derived from the purchasing power of the State, thereby decreasing and undermining public confidence in the State procurement system.

B. The State has an interest in assuring the public that recipients of funds under State procurement contracts are not using these monies to maintain or foster, directly or indirectly, workplaces where drug or alcohol abuse occurs.

C. The State is committed to encouraging all non-State entities that do business with the State to make a good faith effort to eliminate unlawful drug use and drug and alcohol abuse from their workplaces.