Building Recovery-Friendly Workplaces: ASA Colorado’s Role in Addressing the Addiction Crisis in Construction0

• HEALTH, Leadership, Safety
• June 24, 2025

By Nick Williams, CEO, ASA Colorado The construction industry is facing a critical health crisis—one that doesn’t involve falling objects or faulty scaffolding but an invisible threat claiming more lives than all jobsite accidents combined: addiction and overdose. In 2023, an estimated 107,543 people in the United States died from drug overdoses, with over 74,000