Facts About Addiction

In 2023, 27.2 million people aged 12 or older (or 9.6% of the population) had a drug use disorder in the past year, and 7.5 million people aged 12 or older (2.6%) had both an alcohol and drug use disorder (SAMHSA - National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH).

Provisional data shows about 87,000 persons in the U.S. died from drug-involved overdose from October 2023 to September 2024 (CDC’s National Vital Statistics System).

Substance Use Disorder is an illness that can affect anyone: rich or poor, male or female, employed or unemployed, young or old, and any race or ethnicity (SAMHSA).

Yes, addiction is a treatable disorder. (National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIDA).

In 2023, of the 30.5 million adults aged 18 or older who perceived that they ever had a substance use problem, 73.1% (or 22.2 million people) considered themselves to be in recovery or to have recovered from their drug or alcohol use problem (SAMHSA-NSDUH).