Addiction Recovery » Drug Addiction http://addictionrecoveryhope.com Resources For Those On The Road To Addiction Recovery Wed, 25 Apr 2012 02:53:19 +0000 en hourly 1 There Is One Drug Bust In The U.S. Every 18 Seconds http://addictionrecoveryhope.com/archives/there-is-one-drug-bust-in-the-u-s-every-18-seconds http://addictionrecoveryhope.com/archives/there-is-one-drug-bust-in-the-u-s-every-18-seconds#comments Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:11:18 +0000 Admin http://addictionrecoveryhope.com/?p=107 Drug Bust

The United States is a nation overflowing with junkies and drug dealers.  If you doubt this is true, how else can you explain new statistics that show that there is one drug bust in the U.S. every 18 seconds.  That means that there are an average of three drug busts every single minute of every single day in America.

Has the war on drugs failed?     

The F.B.I. has released the Uniform Crime Report for 2008, and it does not paint a pretty picture.  According to the report, there were 1,702,537 drug arrests in 2008, and 82.3 percent of those arrests were for possession of a contraband substance.

What does it say about a nation when there are 1.7 MILLION drug arrests in that country per year?

44 percent of the arrests were for possession of marijuana.  This is prompting many pot advocates to once again call for marijuana legalization.  For example, NORML director Allen St. Pierre released a media advisory in which he made this statement: "Present enforcement policies are costing American taxpayers tens of billions of dollars, ruining the lives of hundreds of thousands of (Read More....)

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The United States is a nation overflowing with junkies and drug dealers.  If you doubt this is true, how else can you explain new statistics that show that there is one drug bust in the U.S. every 18 seconds.  That means that there are an average of three drug busts every single minute of every single day in America.

Has the war on drugs failed?     

The F.B.I. has released the Uniform Crime Report for 2008, and it does not paint a pretty picture.  According to the report, there were 1,702,537 drug arrests in 2008, and 82.3 percent of those arrests were for possession of a contraband substance.

What does it say about a nation when there are 1.7 MILLION drug arrests in that country per year?

44 percent of the arrests were for possession of marijuana.  This is prompting many pot advocates to once again call for marijuana legalization.  For example, NORML director Allen St. Pierre released a media advisory in which he made this statement: "Present enforcement policies are costing American taxpayers tens of billions of dollars, ruining the lives of hundreds of thousands of (Read More....)

]]> http://addictionrecoveryhope.com/archives/there-is-one-drug-bust-in-the-u-s-every-18-seconds/feed 2 Drug Addiction http://addictionrecoveryhope.com/archives/drug-addiction http://addictionrecoveryhope.com/archives/drug-addiction#comments Mon, 23 Mar 2009 23:12:43 +0000 Admin http://addictionrecoveryhope.com/?p=27 Ever since illegal drugs burst onto the national scene in the 1960's, drug addiction has been an epidemic in the United States and in many other western nations. A drug addiction can easily destroy your life and can take from you almost everything that you value - your family, your friends, your money, your job, your health and your self respect.

Drug addiction is very serious. More than 19,000 people a year die from using illegal drugs and it is estimated that over 16 million Americans have a drug addiction problem.

The kinds of illegal drugs that people get addicted to are many, but they are all very dangerous. Some of the most common drugs that Americans get addicted to include marijuana, cocaine, crystal meth, ecstasy, heroin, LSD, PCP and ketamine (special K).

While there are many types of illegal drugs they have one thing in common. They are destroying lives.

The following statistics come from US NO DRUGS.....

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*In one research study, approximately 1 in 5 people between the ages of 16 and 59 said that they had taken at least one of the drugs mentioned in the study.

*People ages 18 to 21 were most likely to admit having taken drugs with almost half (46%) claiming to have taken them.

*More men than women said that they had taken drugs. 24% of men and 16% of women had taken at least one kind of drug in their lives.

*Amongst those ages (Read More....)

[...]]]> Ever since illegal drugs burst onto the national scene in the 1960's, drug addiction has been an epidemic in the United States and in many other western nations. A drug addiction can easily destroy your life and can take from you almost everything that you value - your family, your friends, your money, your job, your health and your self respect.

Drug addiction is very serious. More than 19,000 people a year die from using illegal drugs and it is estimated that over 16 million Americans have a drug addiction problem.

The kinds of illegal drugs that people get addicted to are many, but they are all very dangerous. Some of the most common drugs that Americans get addicted to include marijuana, cocaine, crystal meth, ecstasy, heroin, LSD, PCP and ketamine (special K).

While there are many types of illegal drugs they have one thing in common. They are destroying lives.

The following statistics come from US NO DRUGS.....

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*In one research study, approximately 1 in 5 people between the ages of 16 and 59 said that they had taken at least one of the drugs mentioned in the study.

*People ages 18 to 21 were most likely to admit having taken drugs with almost half (46%) claiming to have taken them.

*More men than women said that they had taken drugs. 24% of men and 16% of women had taken at least one kind of drug in their lives.

*Amongst those ages (Read More....)

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