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Employed drug abusers cost their employers about twice as much in medical and worker compensation claims as their drug-free co-workers.1
Although the rate of drug use is higher among the unemployed, most drug users are employed. Of all the current illicit drug users age 18-49, 70 percent were employed full-time.
In the overall population age 18-49 represented by the NHSDA in 1997, about 7.7 percent of full-time workers reported current illicit drug use (any illicit drug use in the past month) and 7.6 percent reported heavy alcohol use (5 or more drinks per occasion on 5 or more days in the past month).
Among full-time workers age 18-49, there were 6.3 million current illicit drug users and 6.2 million heavy alcohol users. Included in these numbers were 1.6 million people who used both any illicit drug and were heavy alcohol users in the past month.2
1 www.drugabuse.gov/Infofax/workplace
2 The National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA) is conducted annually by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
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