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From 1998 through 2003, there were at least 455
deaths in Bucks County directly attributable to drugs and alcohol – an average of
more than 6 per month!
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176 of those deaths were during the last 18 months of that period – an average of more than 10 per month!
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Kids who learn the dangers of drugs are 36% less likely to smoke Marijuana, 50% less
likely to use inhalants, 56% less likely to use Cocaine, and 65%
less likely to use LSD!
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1 in 6 Americans will struggle with addiction to
either alcohol or illicit drugs.
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4 out of 10 families in the United States directly suffer
the effects of addiction.
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1 out of every 4 deaths in America is caused by the use
of addictive substances – tobacco, alcohol or illegal
drugs.
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The number one preventable health problem in America
and in other developed countries is addiction.
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One conservative estimate of the cost of drug abuse to
society is 41 billion dollars a year – but the cost in human suffering is beyond measure!
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80 percent of the people incarcerated or in the
criminal justice system have substance abuse problems.
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50 percent of arrestees were high at the time of their
arrest.
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In 2000, the estimated number of incarcerations
due to drug abuse was 648,544.
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30 percent of burglaries and over 15 percent of homicides
are directly attributed to drug abuse.
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The problem of drug crime is not just the illegality of drugs,
but drug use itself. Six times as many homicides are committed by people under the influence of
drugs as by those who are looking for money to buy drugs.
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The prison costs attributed to drug abuse in 1996 were
over11 million dollars. Experts estimate a growth of
6 percent every year since then.
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Businesses spend between $7,000 and $11,000 more to
employ a drug-using employee than a drug-free
employee.
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Employees who use drugs utilize 300 percent more
medical benefits than non-users and are absent 1.5
times more often.
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In 1994, New York City spent 774 million dollars on foster care – 77 percent of that was spent on care for
children of substance-abusing parents.
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After the Netherlands legalized marijuana use for adults, the usage rate for 18 to 20 year olds nearly tripled
from 15 to 44 percent.
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Marijuana users are four times more likely to commit violent acts and five times more likely to steal as non-
marijuana users.
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Pot users are two to five times more likely to go on to
use harder drugs.
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Currently, 60 percent of teenagers in drug treatment
are seeking help for their Marijuana addiction.
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Marijuana smokers are 8 times more likely to use
Cocaine and 15 times more likely to use Heroin.
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Marijuana has 3 to 5 times more THC (the psycho-
active ingredient) in it than it had 10 years ago.
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In 2003, one out of every six high school seniors admitted
to driving under the influence of Marijuana.
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In 1999, the total number of people living with AIDS
attributable to drug abuse was nearly 110,000.
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80 percent of the people hurt in on the job accidents
involving marijuana are the co-workers of the users – not
the users themselves.
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Illegal clan labs that manufacture meth produce
six to ten pounds of toxic waste for every one pound of
meth.
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Many ecstasy dealers sell fake pills. Some have been
caught selling hormone replacement tablets as
ecstasy.
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The ecstasy trade has become so profitable that
organized crime and gangs are taking over the ecstasy
trade.
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In 2000, 8.3% of 12th graders reported that they had used Ecstasy at least once in the past year, up
from 5.6% in 1999 and 3.6% in 1998.
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Ecstasy often results in severe dehydration and heat
stroke in the user, since it “short-circuits” the body’s temperature signals to the
brain.
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Ecstasy can heat your body up to temperatures as high
as 117 degrees.
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Hash dealers will use filler to mix with the marijuana
plant resin to extend their profits. A commonly used filler in some countries is
goat dung.
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Marijuana dealers will lace their drug with a highly
addictive drug like crack or PCP to get their users to
come back for more.
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Marijuana has 50 percent more tar than tobacco and
contains more than 400 chemicals.
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Drugs like heroin are smuggled into the country
often by filling a balloon with the drug, swallowing it and
then recovering it from excrement after it comes out.
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Many dealers don’t even use the drugs they sell – they stay straight so they can concentrate on making money off their addicts.
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Two ingredients of GHB are nail polish remover and
drain cleaner
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When people overdose on GHB, they start drooling on themselves, pass out and lose muscle control – followed by
vomiting and a coma.
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Predator drugs or date-rape drugs aren’t only used by
strangers – many have been victimized by dates or
friends at parties and on job interviews.
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Most anabolic steroid users are male.
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Among male students, past year use of steroids was
reported by 2.2 percent of 8th graders, 2.8 percent of 10th graders and 2.5 percent of
12th graders.
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Steroid use by tenth graders increased from 1.7 percent in 1999 to 2.2 percent in 2000.
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Steroids can make you hostile and angry for no
reason. There are recorded cases of murder attributed to
intense anger from steroid use.
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Roid rages are uncontrolled outbursts of anger,
frustration or combativeness as a result of using anabolic
steroids.
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Side effects of steroid use for men – baldness, development
of breasts and impotence.
Side effects for women – facial hair, deep voice and
breast reduction.
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The family medicine cabinet can be “pharmed” by kids looking for drugs – they
combine them in a bowl and take turns taking them to see
what happens.
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Studies show that abuse of over-the-counter drugs is most
common among 12 to 17 year olds and that adolescents are 18 times more likely to die from an
OTC overdose than from an illicit drug overdose.
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In 2002, 4% of 12th graders reported using Oxycontin for
non-medical purposes and 9.6% reported non-medical
use of Vicodin.
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