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What percent of an individual’s vulnerability to substance use disorders is attributable to genetics?
40–60 percent
What is the total estimated cost of incarceration expenses due to substance use?
Hint: closest billion
$48 billion
What is the #1 cause of preventable death in the U.S.?
Tobacco
List 3 costs to society from substance abuse?
Spread of disease, deaths from overdose, effects on unborn children, crime, unemployment, domestic abuse, divorces, homelessness
What four domains are impacted by substance use?
Career trajectory, Personal relationships, Self-esteem, Mental health
What is the total estimated cost of missed workdays due to substance use?
$49 billion!
Use and misuse of alcohol, nicotine, and illicit drugs, and misuse of prescription drugs cost Americans how much a year in increased health care costs, crime, and lost productivity?
more than $700 billion
What infectious diseases are commonly spread by substance users
HIV, hepatitis
What percent of adolescents in community-based substance use disorder treatment programs also meet diagnostic criteria for another mental illness?
60%
What is the estimated annual cost of emergency department visits due to drug abuse?
$161 million
Prescription opioids account for approximately what percentage of fatal prescription drug overdoses?
70%
What are the two drugs that most commonly contribute to the committing of crimes? (Based on 2011 study)
Crack cocaine and methamphetamine
What physiological systems are harmed by substances harm (name 3)?
Cardiovascular, Respiratory, Gastrointestinal, Musculoskeletal, Neurological, Hormonal, Kidneys, Liver
What is the estimated cost of Heroin Use Disorder?
(Can answer per individual or as a nation)
Estimated to be $51.2 billion in 2015 US dollars ($50,799 per heroin user)
In 2013, how many people met the DSM IV criteria for abuse and dependence of prescription opioids?
2 Million
Did the amount of heroin users go up 30%, 50%, 75%, or 100% between 2000 and 2013?
100%
Injection drug users have the highest rate of contraction for this disease.
Hepatitis B
What was the 2011 cost of illegal drug abuse in the U.S. according to the National Drug Intelligence Center?
$193 Billion
What percentage of arrestees who test positive for one illicit substance, have more than one illicit substance in their system?
50%
How many arrestees test positive for illicit substances upon arrest?
83% [According to Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring Program II (ADAM II)]