Qld: Workers say drug taking common, survey shows

AAP General News (Australia)
05-10-2007
Qld: Workers say drug taking common, survey shows

A survey has found about one in four employees say colleagues take illegal drugs at work.

Human resources and recruitment firm Talent2 says an internet survey of over one thousand
700 people in different industry groups shows a high number of people who took illegal
drugs while on the job.

Talent2's JOHN BANKS says those aged between 18 and 24 are nearly five times more likely
to have consumed drugs .. than the rest of the working population.

Between 25 and 30 per cent of sales and marketing .. engineering .. manufacturing ..

construction .. and government workers said they had heard of someone in their workplace
taking illegal drugs at work.

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KEYWORD: WORKERS (BRISBANE)

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