SOME OF THE TRAGIC TOLLS OF ADDICTIVE DRUG ABUSE: Over 200,000 deaths each year. Costs of US$181 billion each year in the United States, US$33 billion in the UK. Lifetime cost of current drug addiction amounts to US$575 billion in the UK.
HARMFUL EFFECTS:
Brain damage
Stroke
Heart Disease
Liver Disease
Tuberculosis
Emphysema
Cancer
Depression
Suicide
Permanent memory loss
Mental illness
Higher infant mortality
Increased crime and violence
Impotence
CRIME AND VIOLENCE
Illegal drugs are a factor in 50% of burglaries in the United Kingdom each year.
In the US, 60% of people arrested each year have been taking illegal drugs.
Six hundred fifty heroin addicts in the US committed 70,000 crimes in a three-month period.
SOCIAL COSTS
US businesses loseUS$100 billion per year due to employees’ drug and alcohol abuse.
Australians pay US$53 billion per year for health care, law enforcement and lost productivity of drug users.
DEATH
52 people die each day due to drugs in the US.
In Canada, substance abuse is attributed to 21 percent of total deaths and 23 percent of potential life years lost due to early mortalities.
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