5 Factors Of Social Ills In Energy, Mining And Logging Communities Revealed By Study

The troubling link between boom towns and high rates of substance abuse is usually attributed to workers having too much money and too little to do. But a recent study of one Canadian community suggests underlying pressures including loneliness, a lack of healthy social connections and a need to “keep up with the Joneses”.

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Filed under: Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs on April 2nd, 2008