State Bar Association Launches Far-Reaching Lawyer Health and Well-Being Initiative (New York Law Journal)

New York Law Journal, July 1, 2020

State Bar Association Launches Far-Reaching Lawyer Health and Well-Being Initiative

The 2016 study of 12,825 lawyers, conducted by an ABA commission and the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation, discovered, for example, that 20.6% of the lawyer-respondents exhibited ‘signs of problem drinking,’ and that ‘among those who used drugs (both legal and illicit), 74.1% used stimulants, 51.3% used sedatives, and 21.6% used opioids,’ according to a recent New York City Bar Association report that recounted some of ‘the breakthrough’ study’s findings.

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