Austin, Wesley A.; Skinner, Sarah J.; Watson, John K. - In: Journal of applied economics 23 (2020) 1, pp. 149-162
to work productivity. Also, the analysis compares the effects of legal drug use (e.g., tranquilizers) on work absences to … that of a commonly used, but illegal drug, marijuana. Utilizing a large dataset from the NSDUH (National Survey on Drug Use … drug use (for nonmedical reasons) leads to an increase in work absenteeism, as does marijuana. In some instances, legal …