Statistics on Prescription Drug Addiction?

Question by pink: Statistics on prescription drug addiction?
Does anyone know where to find stats on poeple actually addicted to prescription drugs, not just those that have used them at some point…that’s all I can seem to find. Doing a project…Thanks!!!

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Answer by TELL ME!
Each State complies it’s own statistics, the stats you will find are very marginal at best. The best place I have found was TFA’s web site

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