The US is facing a drug and alcohol addiction epidemic and most Americans have been personally affected by the issue, a new survey lays bare.
Two-thirds of adults reported either they or a family member suffer from addiction to illicit or pharmaceutical drugs or alcohol, according to the KFF Health Tracking Poll.
And nearly 10 percent of people over the age of 18 years old said they had lost a relative or friend to an overdose.
More than half of those surveyed, 54 percent, said someone in their family was addicted to alcohol, while 27 percent had a family member addicted to illegal drugs, such as heroin and the rest were addicted to prescription medicine.