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LESSONS FROM
BREAKING BAD
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN DRUG
AND ALCOHOL ABUSE CREEP
INTO YOUR WORKPLACE? By Malcolm MacKillop,
Shields O’Donnell MacKillop
Ever wonder why it seems to be cool
should definitely buckle up before you
these days for sitting politicians
start watching it and then ask yourself
to admit to drug use after being
whether drug use by your employees is an
elected to public office? First, it was
issue that you should be concerned about.
In Breaking Bad, Walter White is your
average chemistry teacher who finds out
com
he is dying from cancer. He decides to
Photos.manufacture and sell crystal meth to raise
money for his family to live off of once he’s
/OSTILL gone. He was not in a drunken stupor at
by the time he made this decision – in fact, it
Photo always made sense to Walt. But this plot smoking marijuana and now, it’s smoking
a crack pipe. Did these politicians check
with a criminal lawyer or an employment
lawyer before making these wild public
admissions? Is smoking crack the new
Breaking Bad in the workplace?
If you have not already watched the
award-winning series Breaking Bad, you
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