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- Jan 12, 2012
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http://www.michaelshouse.com/drug-addiction/drug-addiction-statistics/
In 2010 there was an estimated 22.6 million Americans over the age of 12 that were current or former illicit drug users within the last month of when the survey was given; This equates to about 8.9 percent of the population aged 12 or older.
The drug marijuana was the most commonly used illegal substance. There was about 17.4 million individuals who used it in the past month from when the survey was taken. From 2007 and 2010, those numbers increased to 6.9 percent, up from 5.8 or 14.4 million to 17.4 million users.
Individuals 50 to 59 years of age, their rate of past drug use went up from 2.7 percent to 5.8 percent from 2002 to 2010
An estimated 10.0 million individual 12 to 20 years of age that admitted to being drinkers; 6.5 million were binge drinkers and 2.0 million heavy drinkers.
Over six million children in America live with at least one parent who has a drug addiction.
Since 1980, the number of deaths related to drug overdoses has risen over 540 percent.
The most commonly abused drug (other than alcohol) in the United States by individuals over the age of 12 is Marijuana, followed by prescription painkillers, cocaine and hallucinogens.
Each year, drug abuse and drug addiction cost employers over 122 billion dollar in lost productivity time and another 15 billion dollars in health insurance costs.
Baltimore, Maryland has more per capita individuals living with heroin addiction than any other state in the U.S.
Since 1990, the number of individuals who take prescription drugs illegally is believed to have risen by over 500 percent.
THe good idea is to pay these people to be worthless drug addicts. What an EXCELLENT PLAN.
I don't buy this crap. Neither pot, nor Ecstasy, nor hallucinogens create an addiction, and those are the most popular illegal drugs. The real drug addicts compose at most 2-3% of US population.
The real problem is the growing income gap between the top 1% and lower 80%.
I understamd your need to believe this. It's one of the reasons it has gotten so bad. The REAL problem are the ones who work and don't take drugs.
I don't "need" to believe in anything. But I don't deny the facts either.