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Basic Facts About the War on Drugs
- The Consumers Union Report On Licit and Illicit Drugs
1. Why were the laws against drugs passed in the first place?
2. How many people use drugs in the United States?
3. How many people are actually killed by drugs?
4. Which drug causes the greatest burden on our medical facilities?
5. Which drugs are the most addictive?
6. Do illegal drugs cause violent crime?
7. Can we win the war on drugs this way?
8. How many millions of people will have to go to prison?
9. What does it cost to put a single drug dealer in jail?
10. What does this drug policy do to the black community?
11. How does our policy compare with the policies of other countries?
12. Do the illegal drugs have any legitimate uses?
13. Does marijuana lead to harder drugs?
14. What should we do about drugs?
Charts and Graphs on Drug War Statistics
15. How dangerous is marijuana, really?
16. Would "legalization" cost more than it saves?
17. How many people are currently in prison, and what are they in for?
Milton Friedman on the Drug War
Strategies to End the Drug War
Charts and Graphs About the Drug War
- Number of deaths per year attributed to illegal drug use
- Substance abuse related deaths
- Substance abuse related deaths - 2
- Substance abuse related deaths - 3
- Habitual Use Potential
- Risk of death - Deaths per year per 100,000 people at risk
- Rates for homicides from 1900 to the Present
- Federal and State Prisoners - Inmates sentenced to a maximum of a year or more
- Homicide Motives - Reasons for Murder in the United States
- US War Casualties - War Deaths through 1991
- Drug War Costs
- The Drug Deficit
- Federal Drug Abuse Budget
- Property Seizures
- Value of Asset Seizures
- Average sentence length in months
- Annual Deaths from Drugs in the US
- Arrests for Drug and Alcohol Violations in the US 1940-1990
- Distribution of All Drug Arrests Since 1941 by Decade
- Relative Addictive Properties of Six Psychoactive Substances
- Homicides and Prisoners in Custody
- Sentenced Prisoners in State and Federal Institutions
- Estimated Arrests for Drug Offenses 1983-1992
- Arrests and Lifetime Substance Use and Abuse of Drugs Among American Adults
- Lifetime Substance Use and Abuse of Drugs Among American Adults
- Lifetime Use of Alcohol, Nicotine, Cannabis, and Cocaine Among American Adults
- Age at First Use of Selected Substances
- Lifetime Use of Four Substances by Educational Level
- Lifetime Use of Sedatives/Tranquilizers, Stimulants, Hallucinogens, Inhalants and Opiates
- Lethal Doses of Selected Drugs
- Daily Use of Drugs by Young Adults
- Arrests for Alcohol, Violence, and Drug Offenses as Percentages of All Arrests
- Homicide Rate and Receipt of Prisoners 1910-1987
- Alcoholic Expenditures as Percentages of Total Consumption Expenditures 1933
- Per Capita Expenditures on Total Consumption and Alcoholic Beverages
- The Crime Boom 1950-1987
- More Homicides, More Prisoners - Rates per 100,000 Population 1910-1990
- DEA Charts on Drugs, Cocaine, Heroin
- Deaths Due to Alcohol, Cook County 1910-1926
- Apparent Consumption of Beverage Alcohol in the US, 1850-1983
- Attitudes on the legalization of marijuana
- Drug Law Enforcement Expenditures and Drug-Related Deaths
- Volstead Act Statistics
- Volstead Act Statistics - Arrests Under the Volstead Act
- Volstead Act Statistics - Appropriations Per Arrest Under the Volstead Act
- Volstead Act Statistics - Appropriations Per Conviction Under the Volstead Act
- Volstead Act Statistics - Casualties per 1,000 Arrests Under the Volstead Act
- Volstead Act Statistics - Agents Injured and Killed Under the Volstead Act
- Volstead Act Statistics - Autos and Boats Seized Under the Volstead Act
- Volstead Act Statistics - Liquor and Beer Seized Under the Volstead Act
- Volstead Act Statistics - Convictions and Acquittals Under the Volstead Act
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