{"id":11666,"date":"2017-10-26T15:10:34","date_gmt":"2017-10-26T20:10:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/%year%\/%monthnum%\/%day%\/nearly-half-of-americans-have-a-family-member-or-close-friend-whos-been-addicted-to-drugs\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T03:15:59","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T08:15:59","slug":"nearly-half-of-americans-have-a-family-member-or-close-friend-whos-been-addicted-to-drugs","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2017\/10\/26\/nearly-half-of-americans-have-a-family-member-or-close-friend-whos-been-addicted-to-drugs\/","title":{"rendered":"Nearly half of Americans have a family member or close friend who\u2019s been addicted to drugs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s common for Americans to know someone with a current or past drug addiction \u2013 and it\u2019s an experience that mostly cuts across demographic and partisan lines.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><a class=\"image-box\" href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2017\/10\/26\/nearly-half-of-americans-have-a-family-member-or-close-friend-whos-been-addicted-to-drugs\/ft_17-10-26_drugs_manyamericans_3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-296272\"><img data-dominant-color=\"efe8d3\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #efe8d3;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"310\" height=\"804\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2017\/10\/FT_17.10.26_Drugs_ManyAmericans_3.png?resize=310,804 310w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" class=\"wp-image-22083 not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2017\/10\/FT_17.10.26_Drugs_ManyAmericans_3.png\" alt=\"\" data-attachid=\"296272\"><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/politics\/2017\/10\/24\/10-financial-well-being-personal-characteristics-and-lifestyles-of-the-political-typology\/#drug-addiction-has-impacted-gop-and-democratic-groups-alike\">A Pew Research Center survey conducted in August<\/a> found that 46% of U.S. adults say they have a family member or close friend who is addicted to drugs or has been in the past. Identical shares of men and women say this (46% each), as do identical shares of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents when compared with Republicans and Republican leaners (also 46% each). There are no statistically significant differences between whites (46%), Hispanics (50%) and blacks (52%).<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Data from the federal government provide context for these survey findings. In 2016, about 7.4 million Americans ages 12 and older (2.7%) reported behavior in the past year that meets the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.samhsa.gov\/data\/sites\/default\/files\/NSDUH-FFR1-2016\/NSDUH-FFR1-2016.pdf\">criteria<\/a> of an \u201cillicit drug use disorder,\u201d according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.samhsa.gov\/data\/sites\/default\/files\/NSDUH-FFR1-2016\/NSDUH-FFR1-2016.pdf\">Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration<\/a> (SAMHSA). These criteria include a drug user making \u201cunsuccessful attempts to cut down on use\u201d or continuing the habit \u201cdespite physical health or emotional problems associated with use.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The illicit drugs included in the SAMHSA survey are marijuana, cocaine, heroin, hallucinogens, inhalants, methamphetamine and the misuse of prescription drugs, such as pain relievers or stimulants. In 2016, the most common illicit drug use disorders were related to marijuana (estimated to affect about 4 million people ages 12 and older) and prescription pain relievers (about 1.8 million). Opioids, which have become a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/post-politics\/wp\/2017\/10\/26\/trump-plans-to-declare-the-opioid-crisis-a-public-health-emergency\/\">focus of the Trump administration<\/a>, can come in the form of street drugs, such as heroin, or prescription pain relievers.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><!--more--><\/p>\n\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-photo size-full wp-image-296273 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/FT_17.10.26_Drugs_Drugoverdosedeathrates_new_2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" height=\"531\" data-attachid=\"296273\"><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While a relatively small share of Americans report having an illicit drug use disorder, the number and rate of drug overdose <em>deaths<\/em> has grown sharply in recent years, with opioids accounting for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kff.org\/other\/state-indicator\/opioid-overdose-death-rates\/?currentTimeframe=0&amp;sortModel=%7B%22colId%22:%22Location%22,%22sort%22:%22asc%22%7D\">rising share<\/a> of these fatalities. Opioids now account for more than six-in-ten drug overdose deaths.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There were 52,404 drug overdose deaths in 2015, more than triple the 16,849 that occurred in 1999, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/nchs\/products\/databriefs\/db273.htm\">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention<\/a>. During the same period, the age-adjusted <em>rate<\/em> of drug overdose fatalities \u2013 which takes population change into account \u2013 rose from 6.1 deaths per 100,000 people to 16.3. 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