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Addiction: A Treatable Disease, Nathaniel Graham Feb 2015

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Addiction: Definitions and Statistics

Nearly 1 in 7 Americans (~40 million people) are addicted to a chemical substance.

An additional 2 in 7 Americans (~80 million people) qualify as risky substance users; those who use chemical substances in ways that threaten their health and safety.