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Approximately 20 percent of American workers have admitted to using recreational drugs while working remotely, and there has been an increase in working age Americans with substance use disorders since pre-pandemic.
From Bloomberg: Addiction specialists who treat mostly employed patients say their treatment programs are over-enrolled in the wake of the pandemic, fueled by extended remote or hybrid arrangements that offer a dangerous triad of steady paychecks, proximity to drugs and alcohol out of view from co-workers, and incentive to maintain day-to-day functionality.
On any given work day, Ray wakes up, brews coffee, smokes a cigarette, and then “takes a hit of pot” before sitting down to Zoom meetings.
About 20% of U.S. workers admitted to using recreational drugs while working remotely, according to one survey.
This is a worrisome trend.