Individuals check optimistic for marijuana after office accidents at highest fee in 25 years

American staff are testing optimistic for marijuana following on-the-job accidents on the highest degree in 25 years, based on a new report launched on Thursday.

The report from Quest Diagnostics discovered that 7.3 p.c of staff examined optimistic for marijuana after being concerned in an accident at work in 2022, up from 6.7 p.c in 2021. This was the best positivity fee since 1997, the report famous.

Keith Ward, the overall supervisor and vice chairman for employer options at Quest Diagnostics, mentioned in an announcement that the info urged that “altering societal attitudes about marijuana could also be impacting office behaviors and placing colleagues in danger.”

Twenty-one states and the District of Columbia have absolutely legalized using marijuana over the past decade, whereas 37 states and D.C. have accepted the drug for medicinal use.

Marijuana use has elevated general amongst American staff, with positivity charges rising from 3.9 p.c in 2021 to 4.3 p.c in 2022, the report discovered. Staff additionally examined optimistic for amphetamines at the next fee, growing from 1.3 p.c to 1.5 p.c.

The rise in each marijuana and amphetamine use contributed to an general enhance within the drug positivity fee to 4.6 p.c, a two-decade excessive, based on the report.