(UPI) Untreated alcohol and drug addiction in the United States remains at pandemic levels, with little change from year to year, an expert says.

Victor Capoccia, director of the Closing the Addiction Treatment Gap initiative -- a nationwide effort to expand addiction treatment -- says 23 million Americans are addicted to alcohol and drugs, but only one in 10 are treated.

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Community: If we took even a few of the billions we spend, futilely, on interdiction, we could fund prevention and treatment programs.

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