By Armen Hareyan on May 24, 2007 - 8:04am 
for eMaxHealth
for eMaxHealthNarcotic Abuse
If you are an employer and think that narcotic abuse is not your concern... think again!
* Seventy-one percent of all illicit drug users aged eighteen and older (7.4 million adults) are employed, including 5.4 million full-time workers and 1.9 million part-time workers.
* Employed drug abusers cost their employers about twice as much in medical and worker compensation claims as their drug-free coworkers.
* Drug users decrease workplace productivity.
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