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Substance Use, Dependence or Abuse among Full-Time Workers

The NHSDA Report:   Substance Use, Dependence or Abuse among Full-Time Workers 

Highlights:

  • Among full-time workers aged 18 to 49 in 2000, 8.1 percent reported past month heavy alcohol use, and 7.8 percent reported past month illicit drug use.
  • In the past year, 7.4 percent of these workers were dependent or abusing alcohol, and 1.9 percent were dependent or abusing illicit drugs.
  • Occupations and industries with higher concentrations of males, such as construction and mining, had higher rates of substance use than other occupations and industries, such as professional services.

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This Short Report, The NHSDA Report:   Substance Use, Dependence or Abuse among Full-Time Workers,  is based on SAMHSA's  National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA), now called the  National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH).  The survey is conducted by the Office of Applied Studies (OAS) in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).  SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) is the primary source of information on the prevalence, patterns, and consequences of drug and alcohol use and abuse and for selected mental health measures in the general U.S. civilian non institutionalized population, age 12 and older.   SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use & Health also provides estimates for drug use and for selected mental health measures by State.

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