Statistics and Data

“According to Unite to Face Addiction and the US Surgeon General… (www.facingaddiction.org/actnow/) :

  • “Addiction impacts one in every three household in America.”
  •  “22 million people are struggling with addiction right now.”
  • “Someone dies from alcohol or other drugs every 4 minutes in America.”
  • “Someone dies from an opioid overdose every 24 minutes in this country”

According to a new CDC study, heroin abuse is up 63 percent from 2002 and 2013… See video at NBC Nightly News