Statistics
More than 90% of people who have an addiction started to drink alcohol or use drugs before they were 18 years old.
About 20% of Americans who have depression or an anxiety disorder also have a substance use disorder.
From 1999 to 2017,
more than 700,000 Americans died from overdosing on a drug.
About 494,000
Americans over the age of 12 are regular heroin users.
Source: Addiction Center
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/Les Brown
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