Drug use by the American workforce is at its highest rate in more than a decade. Recently, national attention on drug misuse has focused on prescription opioids. In Arizona, opioid overdoses have increased by 74 percent since 2014. Opioid prescription medications are both a health and safety issue in the workplace. Companies of all sizes have an important role in promoting the health and safety of employees and managing risk in the workplace. Holmes Murphy’s Jeff Kirke talks discusses this with inBusiness Phoenix in an article titled “Opioids as a Workforce Issue.”