The effect of drug use on wages: A human capital interpretation
The effect of drug use on wages: A human capital interpretation
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DOI：
10.1081/ada-100101901
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发表时间：
2000-01-01
影响因子：
2.7
通讯作者：
Wilhite, A
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作者：
Bryant, RR;Samaranayake, VA;Wilhite, A
我们的直觉告诉我们，使用毒品，如海洛因，可卡因，致幻剂，印度大麻，甚至大麻和酒精会对我们的个人生活产生严重影响，并可能对整个社会产生更广泛的有害影响。广泛使用的不良医疗后果是公认的（见参考文献10）。1-4这篇文献的概述）。强加给社会的一系列潜在弊病包括家庭破裂、犯罪、汽车和与工作有关的事故，以及因缺勤、迟到和工人离开劳动力而造成的生产损失。最后一个一般类别，即吸毒对工人的影响，是本研究的重点。几项研究探讨了美国吸毒的总经济成本，并表明产出损失巨大。例如，1984年研究三角研究所的研究哈伍德等人。(5)估计与大麻使用相关的工资损失的经济成本接近260亿美元。Kolb等人(6)通过检查一组海军人员在入伍前、入伍期间和入伍后的吸毒情况，重点关注个人影响。他们得出结论，
Our intuition tells us that using drugs use such as heroin, cocaine, psychedelics, hashish, and even marijuana and alcohol can have serious effects on our personal life and may have broader detrimental impacts on society at large. The adverse medical consequences of extensive use are well established (see Refs. 1–4 for overviews of this literature). The host of potential ills imposed on society includes the disruption of the family unit, crime, automobile and job-related accidents, as well as lost production from absenteeism, tardiness, and workers leaving the labor force. This last general category, the impact of drug use on workers, is the focus of this study.Several studies have explored the aggregate economic costs of drug use in the United States and suggest that output losses are substantial. For example, the 1984 Research Triangle Institute study by Harwood et al.(5) estimated the economic cost of lost wages associated with marijuana use to be almost $26 billion. Kolb et al.(6) focused on personal impacts by examining drug use before, during, and after enlistment by a group of Navy personnel. They concluded that drug