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Uh oh....druggie social service workers?
Isn't this a PRESS RELEASE (ad) for SAMHSA.GOV?
Did you think they would in any want to minimize the problem? What? And threaten their FUNDING? On Jul 16, 1:46 pm, "0:-]" wrote: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070716/...QSZZAiISDMWM0F http://tinyurl.com/25k83k 1 in 12 workers admits using drugs Mon Jul 16, 9:06 AM ET One in 12 full-time workers in the United States acknowledges having used illegal drugs in the past month, the government reports. Most of those who report using illicit drugs are employed full-time, with the highest rates among restaurant workers, 17.4 percent, and construction workers, 15.1 percent, according to a federal study being released Monday. About 4 percent of teachers and social service workers reported using illegal drugs in the past month, which was among the lowest rates. Federal officials said the newest survey is a snapshot and was not designed to show whether illicit drug usage in the workplace is a growing problem or a lessening one. The current usage rate is 8.2 percent. Two previous government surveys reflected a usage rate of 7.6 percent in 1994 and 7.7 percent in 1997, but those studies involved a much smaller sample of interviews. The latest study comes from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration, an agency within the Health and Human Services Department. The data is drawn from the agency's annual surveys in 2002, 2003 and 2004 of the civilian, non-institutionalized population. Each survey included interviews with more than 40,000 people, who were each paid $30 to participate. Joe Gfroerer, an agency official, said most of the illicit drug use involved marijuana. Anne Skinstad, a researcher and clinical psychologist, called the survey's results "very worrisome" because there are fewer treatment programs than there used to be to assist employees and employers with a dependence on drugs. However, testing programs for drug use are fairly prevalent, with 48.8 percent of full-time workers telling the government that their employers conducted testing for drug use. "I used to train supervisors to detect chronic use and intervene as early as possible, and that is a very good, constructive way rather than firing people," said Skinstad, an associate professor and director of the Prairielands Addiction Technology Transfer Center at the University of Iowa. "Some employers want drug testing. I'm not sure that's the way I would like to go. What I think I would like to focus on is employee performance." The study also showed that the prevalence of illegal drug use reported by full-time workers in the past month was highest among younger workers. Nineteen percent of workers age 18 to 25 said they used illegal drugs during the past month, compared with 10.3 percent among those age 26 to 34; 7 percent among those age 35 to 49; and 2.6 percent among those age 50 to 64. Men accounted for about two-thirds of the workers - 6.4 million - who reported using illegal drugs in the past month, the government said. Men were also more likely than women to report illegal drug use in the past month - 9.7 percent for men, versus 6.2 percent for women. The study also looked at alcohol use by workers. About 10.1 million full-time workers, or 8.8 percent, reported heavy alcohol use. Heavy alcohol use was defined as drinking five or more drinks on one occasion at least five times in the past 30 days. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration: http://www.samhsa.gov |
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Uh oh....druggie social service workers?
On Jul 16, 3:29 pm, Greegor wrote:
Isn't this a PRESS RELEASE (ad) for SAMHSA.GOV? Did you think they would in any want to minimize the problem? What? And threaten their FUNDING? Darned if I know. Your proof would be? Now back to the actual subject of my post...0:] Do you think a high percentage of those druggies and alkies were CPS workers, Greg? And where IS that letter from Dennis and You to take down Don Fisher, the one you claim you have proof (or were you just opinioning?) that he's a perveyor of innocent little children waiting for adoption to pervs that want them to molest? Isn't that the gist of your answering "yes"? And, no, I'll post to any puckering thread I want about any damn thing I want, little man. Now here's what you aborted so you could run your diversion above, Greg. If you wish to change the subject, make a new thread. Or watch ME put any damn thing I want into a post, just like YOU. Now here's the posted fetus you aborted, MURDERER.....R R R R R R "Greg will claim they are child protection workers. Of course when asked for proof, he'll demand you or I provide an answer to a "qualifying question" first. R RR RR RR R RRR R What a funny little liar. Oh, Greg, did you notice that someone that previously, anonymously, tried to pretend to be your friend and mentor, Doan, is now posting anonymously using the same name, AFfromdreamland? And he or she is in the aps group, using the usual innocent looking openning question that Doan always used. You'd think he'd stop pretending to be Doan, wouldn't you? After all, he WAS posting before from a USC account using a nym. Well, so it goes, eh? 0:] " So, did you notice, and if not now that I've told you, what do you think, eh? On Jul 16, 1:46 pm, "0:-]" wrote:http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070716/...url.com/25k83k 1 in 12 workers admits using drugs Mon Jul 16, 9:06 AM ET One in 12 full-time workers in the United States acknowledges having used illegal drugs in the past month, the government reports. Most of those who report using illicit drugs are employed full-time, with the highest rates among restaurant workers, 17.4 percent, and construction workers, 15.1 percent, according to a federal study being released Monday. About 4 percent of teachers and social service workers reported using illegal drugs in the past month, which was among the lowest rates. Federal officials said the newest survey is a snapshot and was not designed to show whether illicit drug usage in the workplace is a growing problem or a lessening one. The current usage rate is 8.2 percent. Two previous government surveys reflected a usage rate of 7.6 percent in 1994 and 7.7 percent in 1997, but those studies involved a much smaller sample of interviews. The latest study comes from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration, an agency within the Health and Human Services Department. The data is drawn from the agency's annual surveys in 2002, 2003 and 2004 of the civilian, non-institutionalized population. Each survey included interviews with more than 40,000 people, who were each paid $30 to participate. Joe Gfroerer, an agency official, said most of the illicit drug use involved marijuana. Anne Skinstad, a researcher and clinical psychologist, called the survey's results "very worrisome" because there are fewer treatment programs than there used to be to assist employees and employers with a dependence on drugs. However, testing programs for drug use are fairly prevalent, with 48.8 percent of full-time workers telling the government that their employers conducted testing for drug use. "I used to train supervisors to detect chronic use and intervene as early as possible, and that is a very good, constructive way rather than firing people," said Skinstad, an associate professor and director of the Prairielands Addiction Technology Transfer Center at the University of Iowa. "Some employers want drug testing. I'm not sure that's the way I would like to go. What I think I would like to focus on is employee performance." The study also showed that the prevalence of illegal drug use reported by full-time workers in the past month was highest among younger workers. Nineteen percent of workers age 18 to 25 said they used illegal drugs during the past month, compared with 10.3 percent among those age 26 to 34; 7 percent among those age 35 to 49; and 2.6 percent among those age 50 to 64. Men accounted for about two-thirds of the workers - 6.4 million - who reported using illegal drugs in the past month, the government said. Men were also more likely than women to report illegal drug use in the past month - 9.7 percent for men, versus 6.2 percent for women. The study also looked at alcohol use by workers. About 10.1 million full-time workers, or 8.8 percent, reported heavy alcohol use. Heavy alcohol use was defined as drinking five or more drinks on one occasion at least five times in the past 30 days. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration: http://www.samhsa.gov |
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