scholarly journals Factors associated with adolescents receiving drug treatment: Findings from the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse

2003 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 190-201 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ping Wu ◽  
Christina W. Hoven ◽  
Cordelia J. Fuller
Author(s):  
Carolyn Ashe ◽  
Chynette Nealy

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 34.2pt 0pt 0.5in; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Substance abuse is a problem that many businesses encounter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Seventy-one percent of illegal drug users were employed in 1991 compared to 76.4 percent in 2001(National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery month, 1999; National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, 2001).<span style="color: black;"> This paper presents findings from a study conducted to determine (1) if employers and employees agree about the importance of a substance abuse program in the workplace, (2) the extent the employer should be allowed to probe to identify employee substance issues, and (3) factors associated with an employee&rsquo;s reluctance to seek help from their employer for drug or alcohol abuse.</span></span></span></p>


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