As opioid addiction increased exponentially over the last two decades, American construction workers are among those hit the hardest.
As opioid addiction increased exponentially over the last two decades, American construction workers have been among those hit the hardest.
“Workers have to work in pain,” she told Yahoo Finance. “That’s a problem, but that’s the way the industry is right now, and changing the industry is a longer-term effort than what we can do today. But that’s kind of the circumstances.” She added: “You don’t get days to recover, you don’t get a good eight hours of sleep at night because you can’t turn down work when work is available.”
In terms of prescription drug spending, opioids account for 20% among construction workers, which is between 5-10% higher than other industries. Sizemore said leaders in the construction industry should become more proactive about addressing this problem.
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