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Wisconsin Alcohol/Drug
Use Facts

Waterford Alcohol/Drug
Use Facts

**2,082 deaths per year

**5,992 motor vehicle injuries per year

**16,677 hospitalizations per year

**126,207 arrests per year

**528,000 people suffering with dependence
or abuse per year

**$189,741,774 in public funds spent on hospitalizations and treatment per year

Alcohol - too accessible for teens

Illegal/illicit Drugs - Salvia, Marijuana

Prescription Pills - Oxycodone, Vicodin, Xanax, and Adderall

Tobacco - use more prevalent

Thefts - CDs, cash, glasses, phones, iPods, etc.

Harassment - cyberbullying, texts

Vandalism - mailboxes, graffiti/tagging

The Real Facts:

**every day 7,000 kids under the age of 16 take their first drink

**kids who drink before the age 15 are 4x more likely to be alcohol dependent than if they waited until they hit the legal drinking age of 21

**In US alone, alcohol kills more kids than all illegal drugs combined

**every year 1,700 college students die in alcohol related deaths

**#1 place kids get their alcohol is from home

Sources:

Journal of American College Health
Nat'l Institute of Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism
Nat'l Institute of Drug Abuse
Nat'l Resource Council Institution of Medicine
American Medical Assn
Center for Alcohol Marketing & Youth
Center for Science in the Public Interest Alcohol Policy Program

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