WHO: [INSERT LOCAL OFFICIALS, LEADERS, BUSINESS FIGURES, ETC. WHO WILL ATTEND THE EVENT – If this information is not confirmed at time of release, move the last sentence of the preceding paragraph about event partners/sponsors here.]
Slightly more than half (52.2 percent, or 136.9 million) of Americans aged 12 or older reported being current drinkers of alcohol in 2013.4
Just over 60 million Americans, including 5.4 million adolescents, participated in binge drinking at least once in the last 30 days, consuming five or more drinks in one sitting.5
Approximately 24.6 million Americans used illicit drugs in the past month, and 6.5 million Americans used prescription drugs for nonmedical purposes.6
Mental disorders are among the leading causes of disability in the United States;7 in 2012, an estimated one in five (or 43.7 million) people aged 18 or older in the United States had a mental illness in the past year.8