While 75 percent of U.S. employers have been directly affected by opioids, just 17 percent feel extremely wellprepared to deal with the issue, according to a National Safety Council (NSC) survey. Thirty-eight percent report experiencing absenteeism or impaired worker performance, and 31 percent have seen an overdose, arrest, a near-miss, or an injury because of employee opioid use. For the first time in U.S. history, a person is more likely to die from an accidental opioid overdose than from a motor vehicle crash, according to NSC calculations. In fact, workplace overdose deaths involving drugs or alcohol have increased by at least 25 percent for five consecutive years.
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