• Construction workers (15.6%), laborers(10.6%,) and machine operators and inspectors (10.5%) reported the highest rates of current illicit drug use.

• The national cocaine helpline revealed that 75% of callers reported using drugs on the job; 44% sold drugs to other employees, and 18% had stolen from co-workers to support their drug habit.

• 73% of all current drug users aged 18 and older (8.3 million adults) were employed in 1997.

• More than 60% of adults know people who have gone to work under the influence of drugs or alcohol.

• In 1990, problems resulting from the use of alcohol and other drugs cost American businesses an estimated $81.6 billion in lost productivity due to premature death (37 billion) and illness (44 billion).

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