WEBVTT SOLEDA THE COST OF ADDICTION IN AMERI EXCEEDS $700 BILLION EVERY YEAR IN THE FORM OF LOST PRODUCTIVITY, TURNOVER, AND HEALTH CARE COSTS. FOR COMPANIES IT’S HITTING THEIR BOTTOM LINE. ABOUT 75% OF PEOPLE WITH SUBSTANCE ABUSE ORDERS -- DISORDERS ARE EMPLOYED EITHER FULL-TIME OR PART-TIME ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH. SHOULD CORPORATE AMERICA PLAY A ROLE IN KEEPING THEIR EMPLOYEES CLEAN? AS CORRESPONDENT JESSICA GOMEZ TELLS US, ONE MANUFACTURING COMPANY IN INDIANA IS TRYING AN INNOVATIVE APPROAC JESSIC WAYNE COUNTY, INDIANA, DOTTED WITH FACTORIES AND FARMS A PLACE WHERE HARD WORK IS JUST A WAY OF LIFE. >> I GREW UP DOING CHORES. I GREW UP HAVING RESPONSIBILITIES. JESSICA: FOR 48-YEAR-OLD SHAWN, A MACHINE OPERATOR, WORK ETHIC IS EVERYTHING. BUT AFTER 23 YEARS AT THE PLANT, WHICH MANUFACTURES HIGH END BROADCAST CABLES, SHAWN IS NO RUNNING HIS MACHINES. HE’S CLEANING. I HAVEN’T BEEN ON MY MACHINE IN EIGHT WEEKS. JESSICA: SHAWN FAILED A ROUTINE DRUG TEST AFTER A MINOR FORKLIFT ACCIDENT. THE COMPANY’S NORMAL PROCEDURE UP UNTIL THIS YEAR, TERMINATION. BUT INSTEAD OF FIRING HIM, BELDEN SENT SHAWN HERE, TO CENTERSTONE OF INDIANA, FO THEY ARE FOOTING THE BILL. BILL SHAWN COULD NEVER HAVE AFFORDED ON HIS OWN. >> I DO SOMETHING EVERY DAY. I’M EITHER IN THERAPY OR I GO TO MEETINGS. JESSICA: WAYNE COUNTY, LIKE MUCH OF INDIANA, RELIES HEAVILY ON ITS MANUFACTURING LABOR POOL, INCREASINGLY IMPACTED BY ADDICTION. THE OVERDOSE DEATH RATE HERE INCREASED BY MORE THAN 60% LAST YEAR ALONE. >> OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS, WE’VE SEEN THE FAILED DRUG SCREENING PERCENTAGES ALMOS TRIPLE, WHICH HAS BEEN A HUGE IMPACT. JESSICA: LAST FEBRUARY, BELDEN CREATED THE PATHWAYS TO EMPLOYME PROGRAM, NOT ONLY PAYING FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT FOR EMPLOYEES, BUT FOR APPLICANTS AS WELL, THOSE TH COMPANY WOULD LIKE TO HIRE, BUT WHO FAIL A PRE-EMPLOYMENT DRUG SCREEN. WE GOING TO GIVE THEM A SECOND CHANC IN EXCHANGE FOR THEM MAINTAINING A CLEAN LIFESTYLE, WANTING TO HELP THEMSELVES. JESSIC BELDEN SAYS SEAN CAN HAVE HIS OLD JOB BACK WHEN CENTER STONE FEELS HE’S READY AND HE PASSES A SERIES OF DRUG TESTS. SO FAR, SO GOOD. THEY HAVE SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO. IT IS APPARENT TO THEM THAT PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY ARE ALS INVESTED IN THEM. WHEN YOU HAVE THAT TO LOOK FORWARD TO, IT IS A MOTIVATOR. JESSIC THE PROGRAM, COSTING BELDEN AN AVERAGE OF $16,000 PER PERSON, IS DRAWING THE ATTENTION OF NATIONAL AND STATE LEADERS. INDIANA’S DRUG CZAR, RECENTLY VISITING THE COMPANY TO LEARN MORE. >> COMPANIES DON’T LAST THAT LONG UNLESS THEY ARE GOOD AT ADAPTING AS THE WORLD CHANGES. WHAT THEY HAVE DONE IS, WITH A CREATIVE WAY TO ADAPT TO A WORKFORCE RELATED ISSUE THAT HAS BEEN CONFOUNDING A LOT OF PEOPLE. JESSICA: THE COUNTY’S SECO LARGEST EMPLOYER, BELDEN IS A PLACE WHERE MULTIPLE GENERATIONS OF FAMILIES MAKE A LIVING. MOST HERE, LIKE LOUIS HUBBLE, KNOW SOMEONE IMPACTED BY ADDICTION. HUBBLE’S SISTER, WHO USED TO WORK AT BELDEN DIED OF A HEROIN OVERDOSE 6 YEA AGO. >> SHE WENT FROM A VIBRANT MOTHER OF THREE CHILDREN, I HER FAMILY, VERY STRON JOKED -- TO SMEONE WHO WE DIDN’T KNOW. JESSICA: HUBBLE OFTEN WONDERS WHETHER TREATMENT AND A JO WOULD HAVE KEPT HER OFF THE STREETS AND ALIVE. >> IF THIS WORKS AND IF WE CAN SAVE JUST ONE PERSON’S LIFE, LIKE IT COULD HAVE SAVED MY SISTER, IT IS ALL WORTH IT. >> I WISH MORE COMPANIES WOULD GI PEOPLE SECOND CHANCES. JESSICA: A SECOND CHANC SHAWN SAYS HAS HELPED PUT HIS LIFE IN PERSPECTIVE. >> BEING SOBER IS A GOOD FEELING. YOU FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE MORE CONTROL OF YOUR LIFE. JESSICA: IN RICHMOND INDIANA, I’M JESSICA GOMEZ. SOLEDAD: OF THE 21 BELDEN EMPLOYEES WHO SIGNED UP FOR THE PROGRAM, EIGHT HAVE GRADUATED AND ARE OPERATING MACHIN