Among full-time workers age 18-64, substance abuse has become a major source of revenue loss to small, medium, and large corporations? The direct and indirect costs to Canadian employers are calculated at $38 Billion per year, with Manitoba employers experiencing a loss of 1.4 Billion per year. (Canadian Centre on Substance use and Addiction, citing the Canadian Substance Use Costs and Harms Scientific Working Group 2018). The economic cost in 2019-2023, and the effect of substance abuse on the economy during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020-2022, is expected to be staggering.