In 2016, Nearly 21 million Americans struggle with substance addictions, according to the report. That's more than the number of people who have all cancers combined. That only one in 10 people with substance addictions receive treatment points to the significant holes in America's health care system
In 2017, more than 70,000 people died from drug overdoses, making it a leading cause of injury-related death in the United States. Sixty-eight percent of those deaths involved a prescription or illicit opioid. On average, 130 Americans die every day from an opioid overdose.
In 2018 data shows that every day, 128 people in the United States die after overdosing on opioids. The misuse of and addiction to opioids—including prescription pain relievers, heroin, and synthetic opioids such as fentanyl—is a serious national crisis that affects public health as well as social and economic welfare.
When are we going to realize that we have a problem with ILLEGAL DRUGS in the US of A.... Or, are we going to turn our backs to these people because none of them are registered to vote either Democrat or Republican....
OR, do we have an even more sinister problem on our hands in that we, as a NATION, do not want to stop Illegal Drugs because of the economic impact on society that it might have if we do stop illegal drugs....
- how many drug enforcement personnel would be out-of-work?
- how many buildings would become vacant and not maintained?
- what would be the economic impact of laying off all those employees?
- how much money do Mexican Drug Cartels contribute to political campaigns in the USA?
The United States is the
world's biggest consumer of Illegal Drugs...
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