www.drugabuse.gov/publications/drugfacts/treatment-statistics

In 2009, 23.9 million people aged 12+ needed treatment for drug or alcohol abuse. Of these, only 2.6 million received it.

FACTSYOU NEEDTO KNOW

ABOUT ADDICTION IN AMERICA

20

The sale of prescription painkillers

has increased by over 300% since 1999.

1 in 10 high school seniors admits to abusing prescription painkillers.

www.addictioncenter.com/addiction/addiction-statistics/

www.asam.org/docs/default-source/advocacy/opioid-addiction-disease-facts-figures.pdf

www.niaaa.nih.gov/alcohol-health/overview-alcohol-consumption/alcohol-facts-and-statistics

2000 2010 2014

5,000

10,000

15,000

2000 2010 2014

5,000

10,000

15,000

Opioids Heroin

www.time.com/4274651/obama-opioid-addiction-summit/

of people struggling

with heroin addiction abused

prescription painkillers

first.

50% of people who had a substance

abuse disorder had a co-occuring mental health condition.

40.7%A 2009 study found

infant deaths

each year between 2005 and

2009 were attributed to

women smoking during pregnancy.

“compulsive need for and use of a hab-it-forming substance (such as heroin, nicotine, or alcohol) characterized by tolerance and by well-defined physio-logical symptoms upon withdrawal”

The Merriam-Webster

dictionary defines

addiction as:

adults 18+ were

diagnosed with

alcohol use

disorder.

15.1 million

In 2015

of people have at least one behavioral addiction.

41%A 2011 study found about

www.nytimes.com/2017/03/06/science/technology-addiction-irresistible-by-adam-alter.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur&_r=0

www.abovetheinfluence.com/drugs/alcohol/?gclid=CNrRjqqbx9ICFVC4wAod_PsDMA

In 2011, the rate of drug use for teens was 9.5 times

higher for those who

smoked than those who

didn’t.

www.drugabuse.gov/publications/drugs-brains-behavior-science-addiction/treatment-recovery

RECOVERY IS ALWAYS POSSIBLE

More people receive treatment for alcohol addiction

than any other form.

1/3of alcoholics fully recover.

Around the world, there are

25,000groups of Narcotics Anonymous.

700,000people seek treatment for

addiction every day.

Between 2000 and 2014, fatal opioid and heroin overdoses more than TRIPLED, and have continued to rise over the past two years.

SOURCES

million Americans

suffer from

opioid use disorder

2.5Over

In 2015,

West Virginiahad the highest number of drug overdose in the United States.

of Americans with a

substance abuse

problem started

smoking, drinking or using before

age 18.

90%

877.538.5425FeinbergAddictionServices.com

www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/addictionwww.piattmhc.org/substance-abuse

www.drugfreeworld.org/drugfacts/painkillers/international-statistics.htmlwww.drugabuse.gov/publications/drugfacts/substance-use-in-women

1,105

An estimated