Five Year National Study Reveals: Addiction Treatment Neglected
By U.S. Medical System SIXTEEN PERCENT OF THE U.S. POPULATION
HAS THE DISEASE OF ADDICTION; 90 PERCENT OF PEOPLE WITH
ADDICTION RECEIVE NO FORM OF TREATMENT AT ALL NO NATIONAL
TREATMENT STANDARDS TO ASSURE QUALITY CARE NEW YORK, June 26,
2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Forty million Americans ages 12
and older have addiction involving nicotine, alcohol or other
drugs, a disease affecting more Americans than heart conditions,
diabetes or cancer according to a five-year national study
released today by The National Center on Addiction and Substance
Abuse at Columbia University (CASA* Columbia). Another 80
million people are risky substance users - using tobacco,
alcohol and other drugs in ways that threaten health and safety.
The report, Addiction Medicine: Closing the Gap between Science
and Practice, reveals that while about 7 in 10 people with
diseases like hypertension, major depression and diabetes
receive treatment, only about 1 in 10 people