Substance vs. Success: Choose Your Path

SUBSTANCE VS SUCCESS CHOOSE YOUR PATH This choice begins at a young age. The average age of first experimentation with drugs is 13, and for alcohol it is even younger. Addictive substance use BEFORE AGE 15 makes you 6.5 TIMES MORE LIKELY to develop a substance use disorder. dependent individuals have radically different life paths. Sober individuals vs. EDUCATION Youth who meet criteria SUBSTANCE for any SUD (substance use disorder) prior to age 18 are nearly 3 TIMES AS LIKELY to SUCCESS have dropped out of high school. Teens who use marijuana every day are 60% LESS LIKELY to graduate from high school 28% of all college dropouts are alcoholics. CAREER Since drugs and alcohol so often compromise education and health, addicts often face limited career opportunities. 35% of men 25 to 54 without SUBSTANCE a high school diploma are UNEMPLOYED. 30% of illicit drug users 18 SUCCESS or older are UNEMPLOYED. High school dropouts earn $289,820 LESS during their Ilifetime than a high school graduate. AVERAGE WEEKLY EARNINGS: Alcohol and drug use contributes to 60% of Four-year college degree $1,101 all SUB-STANDARD job performance and over 40% of all industrial Some/no college $741 High school drop-outs $488 ACCIDENTS. SUBSTANCE ABUSERS ARE: 3X more often to be late for work 3.6x more likely to have workplace accidents 3X more often to request sick days LEGAL CONSEQUENCES The legal ramifications of substance abuse can destroy life plans and ambitions. SUBSTANCE 64% - 70% of inmates regularly USED DRUGS prior to incarceration. 60% of arrested individuals TEST POSITIVE for illicit drugs. Nearly 50% of inmates are CLINICALLY ADDICTED. 90% - 95% of all VIOLENT CRIME and SEXUAL ASSAULT on college campuses involves the use of ALCOHOL by the assailant, victim or both. Even after release, drug users often fall victim to the addiction cycle. 60% - 80% of drug abusers commit a NEW CRIME (typically a drug-driven crime) AFTER RELEASE from prison. HEALTH 1 IN 4 DEATHS is attributable to alcohol or illicit drug use. OVER 60% of admissions to EMERGENCY ROOMS are either directly or indirectly due to drug or alcohol usage. Nearly 88,000 people die from alcohol-related |With approximately 5,000 people under the age of 21 causes alone each year. 1,900 deaths from car accidents 1,600 deaths from homicides The third leading preventable cause of 300 deaths from suicides death in the U.S. TREATMENT OFFERS HOPE FOR A SUCCESSFUL LIFE Fortunately, for those currently facing addiction, there is hope. Professional treatment can help addicts gain and live a very successful sober life. recovery SUCCESS More and more addicts are getting help at a young age: Of the 1.8 MILLION PEOPLE admitted into treatment: 15.4% were age 21-25 6% were age 18-20 6.9% were age 12-17 Treatment can lead to recovery and put a young adult's life back on the path of success: By graduation, 78% of the adolescent clients in treatment programs are ABSTINENT, and 11% have REDUCED their level of use. ABSTINENCE 85% of treatment program GRADUATES versus 64% of treatment program DROP-OUTS have completed high school. EDUCATION 71.1% of those who remained ABSTINENT after treatment went on to COMPLETE HIGH SCHOOL. 82.6% of patients GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL after ABSTAINING from drug/alcohol use UNTIL AGE 21. ONLY 19% of treatment program participants have been REINCARCERATED, and ONLY 16% have been READMITTED to inpatient treatment programs within their first year of independent living. LEGAL 71% of treatment program graduates are successfully EMPLOYED versus 30% of CAREER DROP-OUTS. 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