Substance abuse and dependence are prevalent disorders. The most recent estimates for 2002 indicate that an estimated 22 million Americans aged 12 and older are classified as having a substance use disorder (9.4 percent of the population) (OAS, 2003). Of these, 3.2 million are classified with dependence on or abuse of both alcohol and illicit drugs, 3.9 million are dependent on or abused illicit drugs but not alcohol, and 14.9 million are dependent on or abused alcohol but not illicit drugs. Only a …showed first 75 words of 513 total…

…showed last 75 words of 513 total…While some people agree this method helpful or necessary it can also seam that we are replacing one evil with an equal evil and are not doing people any real good. It may be true that an individual is getting off of heroin but becomes addicted to methadone and ending up the same trap of addiction. It is usually agreed that several different addition treatments combined is what's needed to beat our nations addition epidemic.