RT Book, Section
A1 Huston, Marisa
A1 Heidel, Stephen
A2 LaDou, Joseph
A2 Harrison, Robert J.
SR Print(0)
ID 1104107253
T1 Substance Use Disorders
T2 CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment:  Occupational & Environmental Medicine, 5e
YR 2013
FD 2013
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071808156
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1104107253
RD 2024/04/19
AB Substance  abuse  is  a  major  problem  in  the  United  States  and  therefore  a  major  problem  in  the  US  workforce.  More  than  42  million  binge  drinkers,  11.5  million  heavy  drinkers,  and  13  million  illicit  drug  users  are  employed  in  the  United  States.  Nearly  10  million  adult  US  workers  meet  the  diagnostic  criteria  for  substance  use  disorders.  Alcohol  is  the  most  widely  abused  substance;  whereas  marijuana  and  opioid  analgesics  are  the  most  widely  used  illicit  drugs.  The  cost  of  substance  abuse  in  the  United  States  is  staggering.  Most  of  these  costs  are  due  to  lost  productivity,  including  $161  ­billion  of  lost  productivity  due  to  alcohol  and  $120  billion  due  to  illicit  drugs.