An estimated 12.8 million Americans are drug users. This means that they use drugs on a daily basis. Although this number is extremely high it has decreased from the high number in 1979 of twenty five million! Maybe it is because there is now a lot more education on drugs in schools. There are now programs like DARE that educate young people on what drugs are and how they affect you.
Who are the drug users?
Although drug users are not limited to any group some groups have higher rates then others. The highest rate of drug users is is found among older teenagers ages 16- 18. Men have always had a higher rate of drug use then woman. Among races it seems that the most drug users are Native Americans/ American Indian people. Followed by mixed race, African Americans, Hispanics, and white. The race with the lowest accounted drug use is Asians.
College graduates have the lowest rate of drug use.
What is used?
The most common drug to date is marijuana. Three out of four drug users use marijuana, in addition to the other drugs they are doing. It is believed that marijuana is the most available illegal drug in the United States. Prices have remained the same over the past decade. 400 dollars to 1000 dollars per pound in the southwest boarder areas and 700 dollars to 2000 dollars per pound in the midwest and northeast.
What is marijuana?
Marijuana is a green or gray mixture of dried, shredded flowers and leaves of the hemp plant Cannabis sativa. It is a mild hallucinogen. It is said to calm down nerves and decrease stress.
How does marijuana affect society?
Marijuana is said to affect society both positively and negatively.
The negatives are it leads to more crime, it leads to use of other drugs, it leads to more violence, cost, and dependancy.
The positives are it can be used as a healing drug for the ill.
I think weed is used so much and is so popular because it has such a calming affect on the body. sadly weed is much different from the 70's to now like the weed on the streets is so much worse then what was sold back then it can have much more adders in the weed. i feel like a lot of drugs are like that today people put more drugs in the original drug and tell people its so much better to get more money. today drugs are all about money back in the 70's it was just about having a good time. agree? even my mom said she would never try the stuff out there today.
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