Addiction Medicine: Closing the Gap between Science and Practice

These data are consistent with those of other
recent surveys. One found that the majority of
Americans believe that treatment programs can
help people with addiction involving alcohol (81
percent), prescription drugs (79 percent),
marijuana (78 percent) or other illicit drugs (69
percent).^432 Another found that 88 percent of
Americans believe that addiction treatment is
extremely or very important in helping people
get better and 77 percent believe that long-term
recovery is unlikely to be successful without
treatment and continued support.^433