FACTS
DRUG ABUSE AND ATHLETES
Drugs—from street drugs to steroids and painkillers to alcohol—destroy our athletes.
67
PERCENT
of competitive powerlifters have used anabolic steroids during their careers
52
PERCENT
of football players who play professionally in the US use opioids at some point in their careers
71
PERCENT
of those pro athletes who use opioids admit to misusing them
28
PERCENT
of college athletes used cannabis in the past year
207
MILLION
prescriptions were written for opioid painkillers in a single year, up from 76 million 8 years earlier
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