A Look at Drug Abuse Statistics

Published March 17, 2014

A Look at Drug Abuse Statistics — For one to grasp just how serious the drug abuse problem is in the United States, all he or she has to do is take a good look at drug abuse statistics. The n…

One Eye-Opening Chart Shows What the War on Drugs Is Doing to America
According to the Bureau of Prisons, 50.1% of America's federal prison inmates are serving time for drug offenses. That figure's up from just 16% in 1970, around the time President Nixon declared drug abuse "public enemy number one" and set loose the …
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Surprising Number of Teens Binge Drinking, Trying Drugs
LAS VEGAS — New numbers show nearly half of Nevada kids admit to trying drugs, almost 40 percent say they have smoked marijuana, nearly 18 percent admit to binge drinking in the last 30 days, and nearly 19 percent say they have abused prescription …
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