Educating Communities Through
Awareness-Acknowledgement-Action
2015 ALCOHOL PERCEPTION SURVEY
- A Summary of Results -
September 2016
Montana has higher prevalence rates of alcohol consumption and substance abuse than most other states—a behavioral pattern that has been manifest practically since the Old West. While overall substance abuse is down across the country, including in Montana, the state remains in the Top 5 for the highest abuse rates in the country for both adults and youth.
It isn’t easy to watch the terrible effects of prescription drug abuse. However, too many Montanans watch those they love change; watch families being torn apart; watch them lose everything. YOU can make a difference in preventing abuse and help save our friends, families, and neighbors. Resolve to end prescription drug abuse in Montana.