Article Excerpt: A national study of 494 construction site workers found that 58% consumed alcohol at “hazardous” levels, and a further 15% were at “significant risk of harm”. The study also found 32% of these workers had used ecstasy or meth/amphetamine-type substances in the past year, and 16% had used cannabis in the same time period. An educational web-based brief intervention program will be developed to help reduce and manage alcohol and drug use in the construction industry.
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Article Source: Health Canal