No one knows ow many people suffer from the abuse of those substances.
Many people suffer from some kind of addiction. An addiction can be many things, it does not have to be something such as alcohol or drugs. Some people are addicted to things such as gambling.
Alcohol is a drug, just a legal one
It is estimated that over 570,000 people die each year from drugs or alcohol. The most lethal drug is tobacco (440,000 deaths per year) while alcohol is at 85,000 per year.
Becuase many times it is hard to deal with a problem, and drugs masks the problem.
Because when most people drink alcohol, they aren't necessarily trying to get drunk and can exercise self-control and moderation. It is the group of people who cause DUI crashes and have addictions that give alcohol a bad name. Many people also get angry that while drugs are illegal, alcohol is legal. But, the answer is simple really. When a person does drugs, they expect or want a high, but someone who drinks alcohol isn't necessarily doing it to get drunk, which I would compare to the high of drugs.
It is estimated that around 21 million Americans suffer from a substance use disorder, which includes alcohol and drug addiction. Addiction affects people of all ages, backgrounds, and walks of life.
Many rehabilitation facilities use opioids such as methadone and suboxone to treat patients who suffer from severe addictions to other opioids such as oxycodone, heroine, and morphine. Drugs such as disulfiram and topiramate are sometimes used to treat alcohol addiction.
There are many people in the world who suffer from ablutophobia. Many of these people go undiagnosed and do not get help.
original: Alcohol is legal. Many other drugs are not. Apart from that, there is no difference except in people's perception. Improved: medical definition of a drug is, "any substance or compound, which is used or intended to be used, to modify or explore, the pathological state or physiological system, for the BENEFIT of the recipient. so, drugs are NOT equal to narcotics, though some drugs (or medicines, as u say) do have an abuse potential alcohol, on the other hand, has no medical indications. also, both drugs (that is, medicines) and alcohol are legal.
how many people suffer from anerexia iin the world
over 600,000,000 a year thats why you should not do drugs peoplez
I'm not sure. But I suffer from delfiniphobia.