This Surgeon General's Report has been created because of the important health and social
problems associated with alcohol and drug misuse in America. As described in this Report …

This is the first surgeon general's report to focus on substance misuse, substance use
disorders, and related harms, and it places substance abuse disorders in a public health …

ABSTRACT Facing Addiction in America: The Surgeon General's Report on Alcohol, Drugs,
and Health is a historic document that comprehensively addresses substance use. It …

What do a six-week-old infant, her 19-year-old mother, an 83-year-old nursing home
resident, a 47-year-old landscape designer, and a high school sophomore have in …

The opioid misuse and overdose crisis touches everyone in the United States. In 2016, we
lost more than 115 Americans to opioid overdose deaths each day, devastating families and …

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Substance Abuse Policy Research Program
(SAPRP) supported 368 awards for nearly $60 million to complete policy research related to …

Worldwide, alcohol use accounts for approximately 2.5 million deaths annually1 and in the
United States is estimated to account for economic costs exceeding $200 billion per year. 2 …

The public and private cost of “heavy alcohol use” is estimated to be more than 187 billion in
lost productivity, health care and criminal justice expenditures, and other costs. This does …

Despite their huge health toll, substance abuse disorders remain underappreciated and
underfunded. Reasons include stigma, tolerance of personal choices, acceptance of …

Since the early twentieth century, both moral perspectives and changing perceptions of the
disease model of alcoholism and addiction have significantly influenced the formulation of …