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Recreational drug use within the employees of the mariculture and seafood industry in South Australia
Author(s) -
EVANS ALAN R.,
TAIT RUSSELL,
HARVEY PETER,
NEWBURY JONATHAN
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
drug and alcohol review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.018
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1465-3362
pISSN - 0959-5236
DOI - 10.1080/09595230500125211
Subject(s) - mariculture , recreation , harm , fishery , agriculture , cannabis , recreational drug , environmental health , port (circuit theory) , business , occupational safety and health , socioeconomics , geography , drug , fish <actinopterygii> , aquaculture , medicine , engineering , ecology , psychology , psychiatry , social psychology , electrical engineering , archaeology , pathology , sociology , biology
A study of recreational drug use among workers in the Port Lincoln mariculture and seafood industries was conducted by self report questionnaire. High rates of cannabis and alcohol use were revealed during the shore based fish farming season. The occupational health and safety implications of these findings in one of Australia's most dangerous industries are significant. Further research could inform the development of industry specific harm minimisation policies.