The REAL Facts
Wisconsin Alcohol/Drug Use Facts
**2,082 deaths per year
**5,992 motor vehicle injuries per year
**16,677 hospitalizations per year
**126,207 arrests per year
**528,000 people suffering with dependence
or abuse per year
**$189,741,774 in public funds spent on hospitalizations and treatment per year
Waterford Alcohol/Drug Use Facts
Alcohol - too accessible for teens
Illegal/illicit Drugs - Salvia, Marijuana
Prescription Pills - Oxycodone, Vicodin, Xanax, and Adderall
Tobacco - use more prevalent
Thefts - CDs, cash, glasses, phones, iPods, etc.
Harassment - cyberbullying, texts
Vandalism - mailboxes, graffiti/tagging
The Real Facts:
**every day 7,000 kids under the age of 16 take their first drink
**kids who drink before the age 15 are 4x more likely to be alcohol dependent than if they waited until they hit the legal drinking age of 21
**In US alone, alcohol kills more kids than all illegal drugs combined
**every year 1,700 college students die in alcohol related deaths
**#1 place kids get their alcohol is from home
Sources:
Journal of American College Health
Nat'l Institute of Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism
Nat'l Institute of Drug Abuse
Nat'l Resource Council Institution of Medicine
American Medical Assn
Center for Alcohol Marketing & Youth
Center for Science in the Public Interest Alcohol Policy Program
T.E.A.M.
Teen Education Awareness Mentors
**2,082 deaths per year
**5,992 motor vehicle injuries per year
**16,677 hospitalizations per year
**126,207 arrests per year
**528,000 people suffering with dependence
or abuse per year
**$189,741,774 in public funds spent on hospitalizations and treatment per year
Waterford Alcohol/Drug Use Facts
Alcohol - too accessible for teens
Illegal/illicit Drugs - Salvia, Marijuana
Prescription Pills - Oxycodone, Vicodin, Xanax, and Adderall
Tobacco - use more prevalent
Thefts - CDs, cash, glasses, phones, iPods, etc.
Harassment - cyberbullying, texts
Vandalism - mailboxes, graffiti/tagging
The Real Facts:
**every day 7,000 kids under the age of 16 take their first drink
**kids who drink before the age 15 are 4x more likely to be alcohol dependent than if they waited until they hit the legal drinking age of 21
**In US alone, alcohol kills more kids than all illegal drugs combined
**every year 1,700 college students die in alcohol related deaths
**#1 place kids get their alcohol is from home
Sources:
Journal of American College Health
Nat'l Institute of Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism
Nat'l Institute of Drug Abuse
Nat'l Resource Council Institution of Medicine
American Medical Assn
Center for Alcohol Marketing & Youth
Center for Science in the Public Interest Alcohol Policy Program
T.E.A.M.
Teen Education Awareness Mentors