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Link Between Mine Employment and Substance Abuse
• Wages paid by mining companies, higher participation rates in the cash
economy, and/or shift/rotation schedule can create or exacerbate existing
social problems such as alcohol and substance abuse [11] [10] [14] [15] [5]
[24] [32] [33] [35];
• Substance abuse effects immediate family, extended family, friends, and
community at large, i.e. martial discord, domestic violence, child neglect,
accidents, overdoses, suicide, financial problems, increased crime rates [5]
[10] [14];
• Evidence of bootlegging and underground drug trade has been associated
with mining developments [33] [PK re Innu and Voisey's Bay];
• Substance abuse by mine workers can result in job loss, leading to
additional family stresses (loss of income, inability to finance accumulated
debt, low self-esteem on the part of the worker and family members,
leading to more cycles of substance abuse, domestic violence, etc.) [10]