{"id":742,"date":"2020-07-30T13:24:01","date_gmt":"2020-07-30T13:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stremon.com\/?p=742"},"modified":"2020-07-30T13:24:01","modified_gmt":"2020-07-30T13:24:01","slug":"substance-abuse-risks-rise-amid-pandemic-as-workers-return-to-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stremon.com\/substance-abuse-risks-rise-amid-pandemic-as-workers-return-to-jobs\/","title":{"rendered":"Substance Abuse Risks Rise Amid Pandemic As Workers Return To Jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Employers should be on alert as the risk of increased substance misuse among employees could be on the rise as workers return to their jobs, the National Safety Council warns.<\/p><div class=\"pzvkv64da56eae17a8\" ><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8209967072221559\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"2673331731\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 1201px) {\r\n.pzvkv64da56eae17a8 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 993px) and (max-width: 1200px) {\r\n.pzvkv64da56eae17a8 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 769px) and (max-width: 992px) {\r\n.pzvkv64da56eae17a8 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 768px) {\r\n.pzvkv64da56eae17a8 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (max-width: 767px) {\r\n.pzvkv64da56eae17a8 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n<\/style>\r\n\n<p>Increased substance abuse, related to covid-19, could cost businesses significantly in productivity losses and absenteeism, the group says. NSC points out that at least 30 states are reporting spikes in fatal opioid overdoses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery single employee is facing an incredible amount of stress right now,\u201d cautions NSC President and CEO Lorraine Martin.<\/p>\n<p>The stress is coming from financial, employment, child\/family care instabilities, social isolation, and fear of themselves or loved ones being exposed to or infected by COVID-19, says the Council.<\/p>\n<p>To lessen the potential danger, the group is calling on employers to employers to prioritize employee stress, emotional and mental health support for the immediate future and down the line.<\/p>\n<p>NSC is encouraging employers to implement opioid policies and procedures as part of their reopening strategy.<\/p><div class=\"ghcjb64da56eae17db\" ><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8209967072221559\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"2673331731\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 1201px) {\r\n.ghcjb64da56eae17db {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 993px) and (max-width: 1200px) {\r\n.ghcjb64da56eae17db {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 769px) and (max-width: 992px) {\r\n.ghcjb64da56eae17db {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 768px) {\r\n.ghcjb64da56eae17db {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (max-width: 767px) {\r\n.ghcjb64da56eae17db {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n<\/style>\r\n\n<p>Source:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/tedknutson\/2020\/06\/09\/heightened-substance-abuse-coming-to-reopening-offices\/#188ecf5d6185\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u00a0forbes.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Employers should be on alert as the risk of increased substance misuse among employees could be on the rise as&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":743,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[3134,3135,3137,3133,3132,3138,3131,3136],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stremon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/742"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stremon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stremon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stremon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stremon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=742"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.stremon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/742\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":744,"href":"https:\/\/www.stremon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/742\/revisions\/744"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stremon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stremon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stremon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stremon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}