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Here are some more facts you should know:
Of the 2.4 million juvenile arrests in 2000, 1.9 million involved substance abuse but only 68,600 or 3.6% of those arrested received any treatment.
Source: The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University, Juvenile Justice and the Children Left Behind, 2004
Alcohol and drug abuse is the No. 1 public health problem in the US. $1 of every $12 that is spent on personal health care involved the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of those suffering from addictive diseases.
Source: Myths About Addiction
Teens that have 5 or more dinners a week with their family are less likely to try marijuana, smoke cigarettes, or drink alcohol.
Source: The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University,The Importance of Family Dinners I and II, 2003, 2005
For every $1 invested in addiction treatment, society saves $7.
Source: UCLA
The 12-17 population in the US has one of the fastest growing rates of prescription drug abuse, such as OxyContin, Ritalin, and Valium.
Source: National Institutes of Health
The no. of people seeking treatment for methamphetamine addiction quadrupled between 1993 & 2003 attesting to the addictive nature of meth.
Source: SAMHSA
Nearly one in 10 American teenagers, or 2.2 million experienced major depression in 2004.
Source: SAMHSA
Depressed youths are more likely to smoke, drink alcohol, and/or abuse drugs.
Source: SAMHSA
Half of the students in the US have tried an illegal drug before they graduated from high school.
Source: Monitoring the Future
Students who use marijuana are more likely to drop out of school, have lower academic aspirations, and experience job instability in young adulthood.
Source: Hall, W., Room B. & Bondy, WHO Project of Health Implications of Cannabis Use: A Comparative Appraisal of the Health and Psychological Consequences of Alcohol, Cannabis,Nicotine, and Opiate Use, August 28, 1995 (Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization, 1998.
86% of all high school seniors think it would be ‘very easy’ or ‘fairly easy’ for them to get marijuana.
Source: Monitoring the Future
Between 1992 and 2002, the number of adolescent treatment admissions increased 65%, while all admissions, for the same time period, only increased 23%.
Source: The DASIS Report, October 15, 2005, p. 1.
Between 1992 and 2002, adolescent admissions with marijuana as the primary substance increased from 23 to 64 percent.
Source: The DASIS Report, October 15, 2005, p. 1.
Over half of all admissions (56%) to substance abuse treatment are due to use of multiple substances (polydrug abuse).
Source: The DASIS Report, October 15, 2005, p. 1.
Among polydrug admissions, alcohol was the most commonly reported substance (76%). Marijuana was the 2nd most commonly reported substance (55%), followed by cocaine (48%), opiates (27%) & other drugs (26%).
Source: The DASIS Report, March 35, 2005, p. 1.
Youths admitted for substance abuse treatment are more likely than older admissions to report multiple drugs use, 65% of admissions for those under 20 years of age.
Source: The DASIS Report, March 25, 2005, p. 1,2.
Every day, approximately, 4,700 American children under the age of 18 try marijuana for the first time.
Source: Parents. The Anti-Drug.