Tag: drug abuse
Opioid painkillers are a double-edged sword for older workers. The medications allow them to keep working through their joint or back pain. But a slide into addiction would interfere with doing their jobs. A new RAND study of workers over age 50 has identified some of the negative consequences of relying on opioids. Rather than…
For baby boomers who have abused drugs or alcohol for years or decades, the negative health consequences of addiction are particularly damaging. But information about older Americans’ success in substance abuse programs is sparse, even though people between 55 and 75 now make up 22 percent of all U.S. overdose deaths, up from 9 percent…
