Burden of Injection Drug Use Studies and Toolkit

Data suggest nearly 3.7 million people, or 1.5% of the U.S. adult population, injected drugs in 2018--a dramatic increase from 2011. Ensuring PWID have have access to dignified care, services focused on preventing overdoses and the sprerad of infectious disease, and resources to improve housing access and socioeconomic factors produce better outcomes for individuals and communities alike.