
U.S. adults that know someone who abuses opioids as of 2017
This statistic displays the percentage of U.S. adults who know someone that has a problem with opioid abuse as of August, 2017. According to the survey, 23 percent of survey respondents indicated that they knew someone with an opioid abuse problem. Opioids are a substance that act on opioid receptors in the brain and are primarily used as a pain relieving drug. Opioids are highly addictive and can cause fatal overdose when used outside of medicinal practices.