New Mexico Ranks Most Negatively Affected & Hawaii Least Negatively Affected, In State-By-State Analysis Of SUD Effects

Based on the rate of drug use, diagnosed substance use disorder (SUD), drug arrests, and number of addiction treatment facilities in each state, New Mexico was ranked as the state most negatively affected by addiction disorder and Hawaii was ranked as the state least negatively affected, according to an analysis by WalletHub. The ranking included all 50 states and the District of Columbia. These jurisdictions were ranked from 1 to 51 based on their performance on 20 metrics related to addiction disorder grouped into three broad domains: the reported per-capita rate of drug use and addiction disorder, law enforcement . . .