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More than three-quarters of female victims of nonfatal domestic violence reported that their assailant had been drinking or using drugs.
More than 18 million people who use alcohol need substance abuse treatment.
Overall, fewer than one-fourth of those needing treatment for substance abuse get it.
In the United States, about 23 million adults (1 in 8) suffer from substance abuse.
Each year more than 12,000 Americans die of alcohol and drug-related causes.
Approximately 18 million adults (1 in every 10) are alcoholics or abusers of alcohol.
53% of men and women in the United States state that one or more of gheir close relatives have a drinking problem.
Almost half of all traffic fatalities are alcohol related.
Each alcoholic impacts at least seven other lives.
Drugs and alcohol cost taxpayers more than $276 billion annually in preventable health care cost, motor vehicle accidents, crime, extra law enforcement & lost productivity.
Every $1 invested in addiction treatment programs results in more than $7 in social savings due to reduced crime and health care costs.
Treatment reduces criminal activity by 72%. One in four of our children are exposed to alcoholism or alcohol abuse in their families before the age of 18.
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