Alcohol
This age group has the highest percentage of binge drinkers.
High Schoolers, 18-24, 25-34, or 35-44 year olds
25-34 year olds
This tobacco/nicotine product has the highest percentage of use among high school students.
Vaping/E-cigarettes, Cigars, Cigarettes, or Hookah
Vaping/E-cigarettes
True or False: According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (2020), the majority of people who use marijuana go on to use other ‘harder’ substances.
False
True or False: There has been an increase in opioid overdoses in recent decades.
True
True or False: Illegal drugs cause more annual deaths than legal drugs (such as alcohol or tobacco)
False
This type of drinking refers to drinking 5 or more drinks on the same occasion on 5 or more days in a month.
Heavy Drinking
The number of tobacco-related deaths per year, according to the CDC.
480,000
The percentage (%) of Americans who favor legalizing marijuana, according to a 2019 Pew Research Center survey.
67%
The number of drug overdose deaths in 2022, according to the CDC.
108,000
_________ had important roles in the banning of drugs in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Racial, Ethnic, and Nationality Prejudice
Most economic costs of excessive alcohol use are related to binge drinking (CDC 2010). 1 out of ___ people are binge drinkers.
1 out of 6 people
The percentage (%) of adults who currently smoked cigarettes in 2022, according to the CDC.
11.6%
The percentage (%) of Americans who favor legalizing marijuana for medical use, according to a 2019 Pew Research Center survey.
92%
The percentage (%) of overdose deaths in 2022 that involved an opioid.
75% (around 80,000 opioid deaths)
The leading cause of preventable disease, disability, and death in the United States (CDC 2019).
Cigarette smoking
Excessive alcohol use impacts many aspects of the drinker’s life and the lives of those around them. This behavior also costs the American economy hundreds of billions of dollars per year. According to the CDC (2010), these costs mostly resulted from what?
Losses in worker productivity (lost labor and lower worker performance in the workplace)