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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
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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
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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
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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%
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1,105
An estimated