8% of workers used drugs in past month

Ranks of restaurant workers and construction workers among the professions with the most full-time employees using drugs, according to a study: 1, 2

Percentage of U.S. workers who admit to having used illegal drugs in the past month: 8.2

Percentage of restaurant workers who admit to having used illegal drugs in the past month: 17.4

Percentage of construction workers who say the same: 15.1

Ranks of protective service workers, social service workers and educators among the professions least likely to use drugs: 1, 2, 3

Source: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

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Percentage of full- and part-time U.S. employees who say that their bathrooms at home are larger than their work cubicle, according to a study: 50

Percentage who say their closet is bigger than their cubicle: 23

Percentage who say their kitchen pantry is bigger than their cubicle: 23

Source: Fellowes Inc.

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Percentage of today's online youth who would sooner live without television than live without the Internet, according to a 12-country comprehensive survey of today's digital-savvy youth (the Net Generation): 77

When asked to choose whether they want to be smarter or better looking, percentage of the world's N-Geners who choose being smarter: 69

Source: New Paradigm of Toronto

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Percentage of CFOs who say the stature of an applicant's alma mater is very important to hiring decisions, according to a study: 13

Percentage of CFOs who say that the stature of an applicant's alma mater is not at all important: 49

Source: Accountemps

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