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Fact Sheet:
- Approximately, 54 million Americans suffer
from mental illnesses and 26 million from addictions with
a significant number living with co-occurring mental illnesses
and addictions. (Source: United States Department of Health
and Human Services)
- The American Medical Association and the
National Institute on Drug Abuse and the National Institute
on Alcohol Abuse and Addiction concur-addiction is a chemical
change in the brain. (Source: The Journal of the American
Medical Association)
- More than 2 million Ohioans-nearly one in
five- experience some mental illness or emotional disturbance
each year. (Source: Ohio Department of Mental Health)
- Addiction and mental health disorders account
for more than one-fifth of all lost days of productive life,
far more than cardiovascular disease which ranks second. (Source:
Harvard School of Public Health)
- For every dollar spent on prevention in Ohio,
there is an economic savings of $7 by reducing lost productivity,
crime, child abuse/neglect and homelessness. (Source: Ohio
Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services Cost Effectiveness
Study)
- In 2005, an estimated 228,000 individuals
needed, but did not receive treatment in Ohio for illicit
drugs. In that same year, an estimated 652,000 individuals
needed, but did not receive treatment in Ohio for alcohol
abuse. (Source: Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration,
Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and
Health)
- In any given year, there are estimated to
be over 10 million persons in the U.S. with at least one co-occurring
mental health and substance abuse disorder. (Source: Mental
Health America)
- In any given year, there are estimated to
be over 10 million persons in the U.S. with at least one co-occurring
mental health and substance abuse disorder. (Source: Mental
Health America)
- 22.2 million individuals in the United States
have faced a substance use disorder in the past year. (Source:
National Alcohol & Drug Addiction Recovery Month)
- Drug treatment is proven to cut drug use
in half, reduce crime by 80 percent, and reduce arrests by
64 percent. The cost of drug treatment is 15 times less than
the cost of locking a person up for a drug-related crime.
(Source: Join Together)
- Alcohol and other drug abuse cost Americans
upwards of half a trillion dollars a year considering their
combined medical, economic, criminal and social impact on
communities. (Source: National Institute on Drug Abuse)
- Twenty-three million people in the U.S. needed
treatment for drugs or alcohol in 2005. Of these, only 2.3
million (10 percent) received treatment. (Source: Partnership
for a Drug Free America)
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