Drug Use in America: What the Numbers Say
By Sara G. Miller, Staff Writer | September 8, 2016 04:34pm ET
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Drug Use in America: What the Numbers Say
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Nearly 21 million Americans ages 12 and older had a substance use problem in 2015, according to a new federal estimate.
Among those with a substance use disorder, three out of four people (or about 15.7 million) had a substance use disorder related to alcohol, Kana Enomoto, the principal deputy administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), said at a news conference today (Sept. 8).
In addition, 1 in 3 people with a substance use disorder had a disorder related to drug use, and 1 in 8 people had a disorder involving both drugs and alcohol, Enomoto said.
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