Effect of Work on Drug Abuse
A study was released that links high-strain jobs to illicit drug use. Analysis of the data suggests that having little control of the job makes a person 2 or 3 times more likely to start abusing drugs. The study followed people who were initially drug-free, and interviewed them a year later. The the temporal reltionship does suggest that the low-control jobs causes the drug abuse, the researchers were quick to say that more studies are needed to show what characteristics of the workplace actually contribute to drug abuse.