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Alcohol and Drug

Recovery

In the us, 15 million people are

currently affected by alcohol

abuse or dependency.

15, 000, 000 Dependents

Between 1989 and 2004

There has been a

3,196 increase in

deaths at home

from combining

prescription

drugs.

The average person consumes

152 ounces of alcohol per year.

It’s illegal to take prescription

drugs that are not prescribe to

you.

That’s about 13 beers

Alcohol in College:

6% of college students are considered

alcohol dependent.

25% of college students who drink cannot

remember where they were or what they

did whle drinking.

Every year 599, 000 are unintentionally

injured while under the influence and

1700 die.

Prescription drug-related

deaths now account for 36% of

all poisoning suicides

Unintentional

poisoning

deaths involv-

ing psychother-

apeutic drugs grew 84% from 1999 to 2004.

Of new users of pain

pills, 60% reported get-

ting drugs from a

friend or relative for free.

0 20 40 60 80 100

Alcohol is estimated to cause

20-30% of cases of:

Parts of the Brain Damaged by

Prescription Drugs

- Oesophageal cancer

- Liver Cancer

- Cirrhosis of the liver

- Homicide

- Epilepsy

- Motor vehicle accidents

Movement

Judgement

Sensations

Vision

Memory

Reward Coordination

Source Create

http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=52888 http://www.choosehelp.com/topics/alcoholism/how-the-alcoholic-thinks http://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/drugfacts/prescription-over-counter-medications http://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/drugs-brains-behavior-science-addiction/drugs-brain

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Substance Abuse Recovery