What Is the Percentage of People With Addiction?
Question by Shaquille Baren: What is the percentage of people with addiction?
Addiction in general.
It doesn’t have to be exact, just an estimate.
Best answer:
Answer by destiny
This question would be impossible to answer as many people with addictions are in denial so therefore haven’t seeked help so there would not be the statistics to show this!
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