“Look at the rate that men are dying.” Good data is scarce, but a troubling picture of substance use in the trades surfaces — and a crisis of masculinity. 

Zak Vescera reports. Zak is The Tyee's labour reporter.

Published Tuesday, November 25, 2022.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/11/15/Drugs-Death-Denial-Job/

“Look at the rate that men are dying.” Good data is scarce, but a troubling picture of substance use in the trades surfaces — and a crisis of masculinity. Zak Vescera reports. Zak is The Tyee's labour reporter. Published Tuesday, November 25, 2022. https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/11/15/Drugs-Death-Denial-Job/

Drugs, Death and Denial on the Job

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