- According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health(NSDUH), 21.5 million
American adults (aged 12 and older) battled a substance use disorder in 2014. - Drug abuse and addiction cost American society close to $200 billion in healthcare, criminal justice, legal, and lost workplace production/participation costs in 2007, the (ONDCP) report
- In 2017 more than 72,000 Americans died from overdose, a record number of overdose fatalities (NYTimes)
- Opioids killed more than 42,000 people in 2016, more than any year on record. 40% of all opioid overdose deaths involve a prescription opioid.
- Every day, more than 115 people in the United States die after overdosing on opioids
- About 11.5 million adults misused prescription pain relievers at least once in the past year.