Drugs at Work / Educational Documentary Video
Drugs At Work / Educational Documentary Video – Drugs In The Workplace / Educational Documentary Video National Institutes of Health National Institute on Drug Abuse Drugs at Work (Employee Version) This video is the first program in a four-part videotape series on drug abuse in the workplace. A 23-minute educational documentary which provides an overview of the problem, it describes the costs of drug use for the workplace, the individual, and the public. Producer: National Institutes of Health Creative Commons license: Public Domain Drugs in the Workplace. Public domain video. DRUGS IN THE WORKPLACE — What an employer needs to know. Substance abuse is a widespread problem in our society. An estimated 14.8 million Americans are current illicit drug users.1 The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration reported that 77 percent of illicit drug users in the United States are employed. Thats 9.4 million people. The chances are good that your organization employs one of these workers. Who is using drugs at work? A survey by the federal government showed full-time employees who admitted to being current illicit drug users tend to be: between the ages of 18 and 25 less educated male divorced or never married white low paid Industries with the highest rates of illicit drug use food preparation workers waiters, waitresses, and bartenders other service occupation workers construction workers workers in transportation and material moving3 How does substance abuse impact the workplace? Employees who abuse alcohol …
Substance abuse cost state more than .2 billion in 2010
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Behavioral health employees at Central Peninsula Hospital treat all demographics; no family is immune to substance abuse, said Dr. Kristie Sellers, director of behavioral health at the hospital. "We see folks with drug addictions who are in their 40s …
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OUR OPINION: Drug abuse not just a problem of law enforcement
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You can work with pharmaceutical manufacturers and the doctors who write prescriptions for addictive pain medication in ways to make the drugs harder to abuse and harder for addicts to get. … That means investing in treatment. Unfortunately, that's …
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Substance abuse group BOLD continues its work in new offices
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BOLD has relocated to 1700B President Ave. in the Project Assist building from its Stanley Street Treatment and Resources location. “It's a good move for us. It puts us into the community,” said BOLD … “They think, 'how bad can it be?'” BOLD has a …
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