[madisgram]

Some Drug abuse Statistics


The statistical data related to drug abuse is often unbelievable. Get to know the most common ones by reading the following section of this article.

• In United States of America, the root cause for 25% of the total deaths can be attributed to drug abuse.
• 65% of drug addicts get access to the drink via their close family and friends.
• The most commonly used drug among American youth is alcohol.
• Chronic alcohol consumption kills youth 6.5 times beyond normalcy.
• Alcoholism is the most prominent cause of birth abnormalities.
• Drug addicts tend to take up 527000 emergency rooms for treatment in one year.
• Almost a death toll of 10000 can be attributed to chronic alcohol abuse within a timeframe of one year,
• 75% of domestic violence is caused by drug addicts.
• 50% of Americans have a beloved one who is suffering from drug abuse problem at any given time
• The age group that is worst affected by drug addiction is 18-29
• 28% of school teens are aware of at least one of their friends who is a chronic drug abuser. 17% of them know more than one.
• The drug consumption generally begins at adolescent years. Statistics reveal that the average age is 12.5 years
• Heroin and cocaine contribute to 70% of illicit drug addiction problems across America
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• Editor's Note: http://drugwarfacts.org/cms/?q=node/30
• These data show "deaths" totaling 370,056 and "serious outcomes" equaling 2,345,006 occurred during the ten years from 2000 to 2009 as tabulated from the FDA's Adverse Event Reporting System for prescription drugs.Comparing the first five years (2000-2004) with the second five years (2005-2009) finds that the number of deaths grew by +61.1% for the second time frame as compared to first. For the same comparative spans, serious patient leaped by almost three quarters (+74.0%).

[RunningEagleRuns]

Wow. Kinda hard to believe.

[racee]

i'm curious of the statistics of drug/alcohol in parents that result in death or injury in kids......

[madisgram]

Originally Posted by racee

i'm curious of the statistics of drug/alcohol in parents that result in death or injury in kids......

here you go, racee. horrible statistics. not enough of this is being discussed re child abuse/alcoholic parents tho it's considered a national epidemic. seems to be no one taking responsibility for the voice of a child.

Child maltreatment has become a national epidemic. More than one million children are confirmed each year as victims of child abuse and neglect by state child protective service agencies4. Every day at least three children die as a result of abuse and neglect4. State child welfare records indicate that substance abuse is one of the top two problems exhibited by families in 81% of the reported cases. Do parental alcohol or other drug problems cause child maltreatment?
Recent research on the connection between these problems and child maltreatment clearly indicates a connection between the two behaviors. or other drugs5.Among confirmed cases of child maltreatment, 40% involve the use of alcohol. This suggests that of the 1.2 million confirmed victims of child maltreatment, an estimated 480,000 children are mistreated each year by a caretaker with alcohol or other drug problems5. Additionally, research suggests that alcohol and other drug problems are factors in a majority of cases of emotional abuse and neglect. In fact, neglect is the major reason that children are removed from a home in which parents have alcohol or other drug problems.
http://www.childabuse.com/fs14.htm