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The problem of drug addiction and alcoholism are escalating and spreading to levels totally out of control. But is enough being done? Are people actually aware of the real dangers and damage that alcohol and drugs can cause? So here are some alcoholism facts, and facts about drug addiction, that will hopefully make more of us sit up and take note. Alcoholism and drug addiction destroys lives, families and communities. 1) More than 50% of all fatal road accidents involve alcohol 2) The use and abuse of drugs and alcohol is a major cause of injury and death in teenagers and young adults. 3) Alcohol often leads to violent behaviour and it has been estimated plays a part in more than 50% of rapes and murders. 4) It has been estimated that 85-90% of property theft and muggings on the street are made by addicts to fund their habit. 5) You have in the US roughly 20 million people who are over the age of 13 that use drugs - and more than 21,000 people die every year because of their drug addiction. I've just touched on a few facts about alcoholism and drug addiction - but I'm sure you get the picture. It annoys me that alcohol abuse and binge drinking is glamorised by many still - with how drunk you got over the weekend or at a party a central topic of conversation come Monday morning in the office or at school/college. Alcohol kills people - often innocent ones. I get mad that more isn't being done to target the dealers supplying drugs, especially the young kids living in our communities. How cowardly is that - getting kids who don't know any better and are the most vulnerable - addicted to heroin and amphetamines etc? My fear is - I just don't see how things are going to get better - because there is a limit to what we can do. Prevention is the only cure, but that is never realistically going to happen in large enough numbers, so mindsets need to change and become aware of the damage and pain alcohol can cause - and a way urgently has to be found to get more drugs off our streets. And the addiction and alcoholism statistics I've shared with you will no doubt be constantly changing and on the increase because the problem of substance and alcohol abuse is only getting worse. So we need to each do our bit and spread the word to the dangers and damage that alcohol abuse and drugs cause. There are just too many lives at stake ...
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