• Hospital admissions linked to alcohol use have more than doubled in the UK over the last 10 years.
• There were over 200,000 admissions in the last year.
• Around 95% of alcoholics die from their disease and also approximately 26 years earlier than their normal life expectancy.
• The cost of untreated drug and alcohol abuse in the U.S. is estimated at $276 Billion a year in lost productivity, law enforcement costs, health care, and welfare programs.
• The annual cost of drug abuse in the UK is around £19 billion.
• Drunk driving is responsible for approximately 50% of motorway deaths.
• Close on 20 million people over the age of 12 use drugs in the US.
• Around 20,000 people a year die from their addiction in the US.
• In the UK, around 10% of adults aged 16-59 had used illicit drugs in the last year.
• In the UK, 29% of 15 year olds reported taking drugs in the last year
• Kids at school who say they have been bullied were more likely to have taken drugs in the last month.
• The annual value of the global illegal drugs trade is around $400 billion
