Drug Overdose in the Workplace and the Role of Opioids
The drug overdose epidemic continues to afflict our country. Nationally, there were more than 70,000 drug overdose deaths in 2017 [i] involving opioids (such as fentanyl, heroin and hydrocodone),...
View ArticleCannabis and Work: The Need for More Research
Introduction Cannabis sativa has been used for a wide variety of industrial, medical, and non-medical uses for thousands of years, yet remains a source of controversy across the fields of medicine,...
View ArticleThe COVID-19 Pandemic and the Opioid Overdose Epidemic: A Perfect Storm for...
Introduction Before the pandemic took hold, the United States was already facing another public health crisis – alarming rates of opioid-related overdose deaths. In 2018, 46,802 deaths were attributed...
View ArticleNew NIEHS Resources to Prevent and Address Opioid Misuse and Promote Recovery...
The opioid crisis has intensified during the COVID-19 pandemic. Data from CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics shows that in 2020 there was a 29% increase in the number of overdose deaths...
View ArticleNIOSH Miner Health Program Addresses Substance Use and Work
Drug overdoses have accelerated over the past two decades, and in 2017, the United States Department of Health and Human Services deemed the opioid crisis a public health emergency. In April of 2021,...
View ArticleWorkplace Supported Recovery: New NIOSH Research Addresses an Evolving Crisis
Introduction The nation continues to struggle with a complex, ever-changing substance use landscape and an increase in related overdose deaths. Substance use disorders (SUDs) represent an important...
View ArticleNIEHS and NIOSH Explore the Expansion of Recovery Friendly Workplace Programs
Recovery friendly workplaces (RFWs) have emerged around the United States as an important intervention to both prevent and address substance use disorders (SUD) and the opioid overdose crisis among...
View ArticleONDCP Launches New Recovery Ready Workplace Toolkit
In 2022, approximately 110,000 Americans died from a drug overdose. At the same time, 46 million Americans aged 18 or older experienced a substance use disorder in 2022. Nearly two thirds of those...
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