how valium addiction impacts society
Valium Abuse Statistics in the United States
Studies indicate that valium abuse doesn’t discriminate but reaches all ages.
- 46% of people abuse Valium for tension relief and relaxation, but without a prescription or outside of their doctor-prescribed doses.
- 22% of people using valium use it as a sleep aid, 12% do it for recreational purposes, and 8% use it experimentally to get high.
- Over 100,000 teens have used Valium for non-medical purposes.
- 1.2% of young adults have used Valium for non-medical purposes.
- 1.9 million Americans use Valium for non-medical purposes.
- The rate of valium overdose quadrupled between 1996 and 2003.
- ¾ of overdose deaths involving Valium also involved narcotics.
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