VETERAN ADDICTION
Drug and Alcohol Addiction Among Veterans
With Veterans Day right around the corner, it’s important to consider the unique challenges faced by our nation’s former service members, to explore statistics on substance abuse among veterans, and to determine how our communities can better help former veterans to lead healthy, safe, meaningful lives. As the data reveals, former service members struggle from substance abuse at a rate much higher than many might think, creating a new level of urgency for their families and communities to help them.
Military Service and Addiction
Unfortunately, military men and women often experience struggles that most people in the civilian population never have to face. When soldiers return home from a tour of duty in a foreign country, they often come back with more than just a duffel bag on their shoulders…
