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SAMHSA News - Volume X, No. 3, Summer 2002
 

Survey Finds Millions of Americans in Denial About Drug Abuse

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Past-Year Substance Dependence or Abuse Among People Age 12 or Older: 2000 and 2001


Dependence or Abuse 2000 2001
Both Alcohol and Illicit Drug 1.9 million 2.4 million
Illicit Drug Only 2.4 million 3.2 million
Alcohol Only 10.2 million 11 million
Total 14.5 million 16.6 million

Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, 2001.

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