Megan Cohen struggled with addiction and homelessness for nearly a decade. But then, aided by small acts of kindness by strangers, she turned her life around. Today, at age 28, she leads The Grace Project, which brings food and medical supplies – and hope – to people who are experiencing homelessness and dealing with addiction in Philadelphia. Hosted by Dave Scott.
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Should You Hire Recovering Addicts?
In most cases, employers are concerned with lost profits and productivity and injuries and fatalities that their employees may cause. Employee morale, turnover, and the overall amount of time employees have to be away from work due to drug abuse are negatively affected by this policy. Bothersome physical and behavioral signs should catch the attention of employers.
Reduced motivation and energy and increased irritability are other changes in behaviors frequently observed in employees who are addicted. If unexplained absences and frequent sick days occur due to substance abuse, employers must exercise caution not to violate an employee’s medical privacy or discriminate. During job assessments, prospective employers may require drug tests and assist the employee during their recovery.
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his dog and it s nighttime and my parents are yelling in the hallway. reporter: these are some of the youngest victims of heroin abuse. 13-year-old gracie and her 10-year-old brother are showing how they felt and what happened when their dad was using drugs. what is addiction? it s a disease, like with drugs and alcohol. reporter: what about heroin, what s that do to your body? it makes you happy, but not really happy. what do you want to tell addiction? reporter: they ve been to a special program near denver for children of recovering addicts. i call these boys and girls silent and invisible. children are first hurt and last helped. reporter: for years, 8-year-old caden s parents were both addicted to heroin. my mom and dad used to make these on metal. like on tinfoil? like burnt kind of? uh-huh. reporter: took me a second, i think he was talking about foils for heroin.