Did you know?
- More people suffer from addiction
than from cancer or heart conditions. - The US consumes about 80 percent of the worlds opioids, but has less than 5 percent of the world’s population.
- Opioid overdoses are now the leading cause
of death for Americans under the age of 50. - Roughly 8 million Americans are on long
term opioid therapy for chronic pain
and as many as 1 million
are taking dangerously
high doses.
Did you know?
- 88,000 people, including 5,000 youth under the age of 21, die each year from alcohol related causes.
- Alcohol consumption is frequently the key cause in traumatic injuries and sexual assaults, and is present as a contributing factor in 40 percent of all suicides, automobile accidents and deadly falls, according to the National Institute of Health.
- Alcohol related healthcare costs are $25 billion each year, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
Did you know?
- Alcohol is estimated to cause 3.3 million deaths per year around the world, representing almost 6% of all fatalities.
- Alcohol accounts for over 5% of all disease worldwide.
- Only 1 in 5 people with opioid use disorder get treatment
- 1 in 12 doctors has received payment from drug companies marketing prescription opioid medications
- Heroin use in the US more than doubled in the past decade for adults aged 18-25.
- More than 9 in 10 people who use heroin also use at least one other drug.
- 20% of patients who receive an initial 10-day prescription for opioids will still be suing the drugs one year later.
Did you know?
- Over 90% of surgical patients still receive opioids to manage post-surgical pain
- 1 in 15 surgical patients prescribed opioids go on to long term use or abuse
- 4 out of 5 heroin users started out by misusing opioid pain relievers
- Alcoholics are 3 times more likely to be physically abusive and twice as likely to be sexually abusive.
