Prevalence of obesity for opioid- and stimulant-dependent participants in substance use treatment clinical trials

Drug abuse and obesity are two significant public health threats that affect millions of Americans. Results from the 2014 National Survey on Drug Use and Health suggest that among people aged 12 or older in 2014, 4.3 million were current, non-medical users of opioid pain medication, 0.4 million were current heroin users, 1.5 million were current cocaine users, and 1.6 million were non-medical users of stimulants (Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality, 2015). More Americans aged 25 –64 now die from drug overdose than from motor vehicle accidents (National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, 2014).

Source: Drug and Alcohol Dependence - July 20, 2018 Category: Addiction Authors: Lian Hu, Abigail Matthews, Dikla Shmueli-Blumberg, Therese Killeen, Betty Tai, Paul VanVeldhuisen Source Type: research