Drug Use Report Business

America’s Workplaces at Risk No business, regardless of size or location, is immune to the countless problems that alcohol and drug abuse can cause. Most individuals who abuse alcohol and other drugs are employed, and when they arrive for work, they don’t leave their problems outside the door. Although the rate of current illicit drug use is higher among unemployed individuals, the vast majority of current illicit drug users in the US are employed. Of 12.3 million adult current illicit drug users, 9.4 million (77 percent) work.7 An estimated 6.5 percent of full-time and 8.6 percent of part-time workers are current illicit drug users.8 Alcohol is the most widely abused drug among working adults. An estimated 6.2 percent of adults working full time are heavy drinkers.9 More than one in three (38 percent) workers between the ages of 18 and 25 are binge