How f@*#$& are you?
Well, according to a very comprehensive study on drug/alcohol usage in the United States (conducted by the US Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services), we now know the following:
Hmm, so what does this mean. >54.2% of the time, the taxpayer is footing the bill. Including the greater impact on the public, >69.9% of the time someone outside of the immediate family is paying the bill. For those of you who are rail against a socialist system... guess what, you're in one. It's merely a question of how efficient it is.
- 62.1% of adults use in alcohol in Wisconsin (high).
- 29.3% of adults use in alcohol in Utah (low).
- Illicit drug use in 12-17 year-olds is 10.9% in the past month.
- National average for drug use (all age groups) in the pasth month is 8%.
- Alaska is 12%.
- 15000 adolescents go to the emergency room after trying to commit suicide by drugs annually.
- Private Health Insurance - 25.9%
- Medicare - 12.1%
- Medicaid - 14.2%
- Public assistance - 15.9%
- Own Savings/Earnings - 43.9%
- Family Members - 17.8%
- Courts - 9.5%
- Military Health Care - 4.9%
- Employer - 6.2%
- Free - 7.1%
Hmm, so what does this mean. >54.2% of the time, the taxpayer is footing the bill. Including the greater impact on the public, >69.9% of the time someone outside of the immediate family is paying the bill. For those of you who are rail against a socialist system... guess what, you're in one. It's merely a question of how efficient it is.
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