{"id":239,"date":"2012-02-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-02-09T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seidmanlaw-net.lawblogger.net\/blog\/painkiller-addiction-plagues-injured-employees\/"},"modified":"2022-07-01T12:00:10","modified_gmt":"2022-07-01T17:00:10","slug":"painkiller-addiction-plagues-injured-employees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seidmanlaw.net\/blog\/painkiller-addiction-plagues-injured-employees\/","title":{"rendered":"Painkiller Addiction Plagues Injured Employees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"item-meta h3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seidmanlaw.net\/blog\/category\/work-accidents\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Work Accidents<\/a> | February 9, 2012<\/p>\n<p>After an on the job injury, many workers are given powerful drugs to manage their pain. Addiction to the opiate drugs they have been prescribed is a growing problem facing victims of <a href=\"\/Workers-Compensation\/\">work injuries<\/a>. An addiction to painkillers can make it difficult or even impossible to return to work in a normal capacity. At least one worker&#8217;s compensation insurance holding company is looking to address the problem and make sure that workers are not pushed from one difficult health situation to another.<\/p>\n<p>The numbers are staggering. Some estimates suggest that up to 85 percent of people receiving worker&#8217;s compensation benefits are given narcotics to manage their pain. There is no industry oversight to analyze the impact these drugs are having on workers across the nation. The abuse of pain killers comes as no surprise to many workers. They see it on a daily basis to the point that some believe pain killers are a necessary part of doing the job long-term. Part of the program to combat this problem includes peer-to-peer intervention, giving fellow employees a chance to help a worker they know is struggling with addiction.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seidmanlaw.net\/blog\/painkiller-addiction-plagues-injured-employees\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Painkiller Addiction Plagues Injured Employees\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Work Accidents | February 9, 2012 After an on the job injury, many workers are given powerful drugs to manage their pain. Addiction to the opiate drugs they have been prescribed is a growing problem facing victims of work injuries. 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