Seventy percent of marijuana users use the drug while working
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Available evidence reports general figures on employment among illegal drug or cannabis users, such as seventy percent of illegal drug users being employed, but does not establish the specific proportion of marijuana users who consume the drug while working.
In the 1990s, cannabis consumption in France increased considerably. So, in 10 years, the number of adolescents reporting regular cannabis use (10 or more times during the last 12 months) tripled. In 2004, an official program to address problems related to cannabis addiction was implemented. As part of this program, specific outpatient settings for cannabis use disorders were created.We present the sociodemographic characteristics, the prevalence of cannabis, alcohol and others psychoactive substances and the prevalence of mental disorders in 90 cannabis users seen at an outpatient specific setting for cannabis use disorders in the Lariboisière hospital (a university hospital in Paris).Twelve months prevalence of substance abuse and dependence, psychiatric diagnoses based on the DSM-IV and the Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI) results are described.The study population had the following characteristics: 67% male, mean age 27.5 (S.D.=8.4) years and 59% single or divorced. Approximately, two-thirds of the users (67%) were students or currently working and 32% were unemployed. Twenty-two percent of the cannabis users received unemployment, welfare or disability benefits and 11% declared no source of revenue. Most of the users (63%) decided on their own to seek care at the setting. Seventy-three percent of the subjects had seen a psychologist or a psychiatrist in the past, with or without relation to cannabis use. By far, most of the users were cannabis depende
Drug abuse is an important problem in the workplace. Seventy percent of current illegal drug users are employed, and approximately 7% of Americans employed in full-time work report heavy drinking. Drug-using employees are twice as likely to request time off, and 3.6 times more likely to be involved in a workplace accident. Individuals who use alcohol or other drugs in the workplace annually cost American business 81 billion dollars in lost productivity; 86% of these costs are attributed to drinking. Although alcohol is the primary source of problems for the workplace, other drugs such as amphetamines, cocaine, marijuana, and tobacco are also troublesome. Employee assistance programs and drug treatment hold great promise for coping with these problematic substances.
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