Addiction: A Cost to Business | Kathryn Burgum – Greater North Dakota Chamber of Commerce Summer 2020 Report on Business.

The chronic disease of addiction, including the opioid crisis, is
one of biggest challenges facing our nation and our workforce.
The numbers don’t lie. It is estimated that heavy drinking
by employees alone leads to $82 billion lost in workplace
productivity. The overall economic costs associated with
addiction are over $600 billion annually in the United States
according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse. And this
may be the most important point: of the over 22 million
people in this country with the disease of addiction – nearly
70% of them are employed full-time.