Employed drink more

EMPLOYED people are more inclined to regularly drink riskier levels of alcohol than the unemployed, data suggests.

New analysis of the National Drug Household Survey 2016, released by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, has highlighted a trend between alcohol consumption and employment.

People who are unemployed are more likely to use methamphetamine, twice as likely to use cannabis or smoke daily. Employed people are more likely to use cocaine and regularly consume “risky” levels of alcohol.