A Since the early 1960’s there has been an alarming increase in drug use in the U.S. - In 1962 four million americans had tried an illegal drug, by 1999 the number had risen to a staggering 87.7 million (according to the 1999 national household survey on drug abuse) - The study aslo found that the number of illicit drug users who were above the age of 12 had used drugs in the past month reached a high of 25.4 …showed first 75 words of 404 total…

…showed last 75 words of 404 total…to society is $110 billion a year E Drugs cause you to do stupid things act violent - (according to the 1999 arrestee drug abuse monitoring program) 75% of the male adults arrested in NYC for commiting a violent crime tested positive for drug use. - (according to the ONDCP’S 1998 national drug control strategy) one quarter to one half of all incidents of domestic ciolence are drug-related - nearly 80,000 pregnant women used drugs on a daily basis