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.
Percentage of adults in the U.S. who personally know someone that abuses opioids as of 2017
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The Economist. (November 1, 2017). Percentage of adults in the U.S. who personally know someone that abuses opioids as of 2017 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 02, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/741089/us-adults-that-know-someone-that-abuses-opioids/
The Economist. "Percentage of adults in the U.S. who personally know someone that abuses opioids as of 2017." Chart. November 1, 2017. Statista. Accessed November 02, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/741089/us-adults-that-know-someone-that-abuses-opioids/
The Economist. (2017). Percentage of adults in the U.S. who personally know someone that abuses opioids as of 2017. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 02, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/741089/us-adults-that-know-someone-that-abuses-opioids/
The Economist. "Percentage of Adults in The U.S. Who Personally Know Someone That Abuses Opioids as of 2017." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Nov 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/741089/us-adults-that-know-someone-that-abuses-opioids/
The Economist, Percentage of adults in the U.S. who personally know someone that abuses opioids as of 2017 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/741089/us-adults-that-know-someone-that-abuses-opioids/ (last visited November 02, 2024)
Percentage of adults in the U.S. who personally know someone that abuses opioids as of 2017 [Graph], The Economist, November 1, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/741089/us-adults-that-know-someone-that-abuses-opioids/