We
often think of addiction in terms of harmful drugs, but our everyday
relationship with our dependence on sugar, television, alcohol, fossil
fuels and other modern luxuries takes its toll on our wallets and our
overall health.
How Many Years Is Drinking, Drugs and Smoking Shaving off Your Life?Source: dailymail.co.ukNew website has calculated the cost of an addiction in years and hours.
Smoking a pack of 20 cigarettes a day cuts ten years off a person's life
Drinking two or more alcoholic drinks every day cuts 23 years off a life
Cocaine addicts lose up to 34 years, with each dose costing 5.6 hours
Methadone users cut their lives by 38 years, and die at an average age of 41
A heroin addiction will cut 42 years off a person's life, killing them at age 38
Lifetime methamphetamine users lose 42 years, each dose costing 11 hours
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