Drug use in the U.S. - Statistics & Facts

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Percentage of U.S. adults who reported drug abuse had ever caused trouble in their family
32%
Number of people in the U.S. that used cocaine in their lifetime
40.9m
Rate of drug overdose deaths in the U.S. (per 100,000 population)
32.4

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