PURPLE INSPIRATION

Need Purple Inspiration?

Create Go Project Purple Head Bands: Use purple sports wrap to make headbands or purple bandanas to keep your hair under cover.

Go Project Purple Shoelaces: Encourage your sports teams to support Project Purple and lace up your cleats or sneakers with purple shoe laces.

Go Project Purple Headbands and Armbands: Don’t be left behind – Stand up against substance abuse and Go Project Purple!

Statistics

20.5 million people age 12 or older need treatment for an illicit drug or alcohol use problem but do not receive treatment. — SAMHSA, 2010

On an average day in 2008, 4,365 Adolescents used an illicit drug for the first time. — SAMHSA 2010

1 in 6 teens has used a prescription drug in order to get high or change their mood. — The Partnership at Drugfree.org

32.9% of people needing treatment do not receive treatment due to lack of health coverage and cost of rehabilitation programs. — SAMHSA

The estimated annual direct cost to our society resulting from substance abuse is more than 250 billion dollars. — National Institute of Drug Addiction

1 person dies every 19 minutes from drug overdose in the United States. — The Partnership at Drugfree.org

90% of addictions get their start in the teenage years. — The Partnership at Drugfree.org

7.5 million children under age 18 live with a parent with an alcohol disorder. — SAMHSA, 2012

In the US in 2008, almost 1/3 of adolescents aged 12 to 17 drank alcohol in the past year. — SAMHSA 2010