[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] - Colorado was most affected by addiction, particularly with vaping and drugs
- In worldwide rankings, the US was named the top country with drug addictions
Colorado scored the highest in terms of addiction as a whole, with a fifth of its people 'excessive' drinkers and 21 percent using illicit drugs.
The Mile High state - which has some of the country's most lax drug regulations - was given an addiction score of 6.95, according to the analysis of federal data.
Montana and Alaska took second and third place for overall addiction, followed closely behind by Louisiana and Ohio.
The report used federal data, including surveys from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMSHA) and the National Library of Medicine, to calculate the percentage of residents in each state who were affected by common addictions.
The researchers also looked at the countries with the highest rates of addiction. Latvia took first place, particularly for alcoholism. Latvians consumed 12.2 liters (412 ounces) per capita. This is roughly the equivalent of 2.6 bottles of wine or 4.9 liters of beer weekly.
The report, conducted by online pharmacy Universal Drugstore, gave each state and country a score out of 10. This was an average of the percentages of people addicted to vaping, smoking, drinking, or using illicit drugs. |