Drug Addiction By The Numbers

The staggering toll taken on society by drug abuse and addiction. 

3

times more likely that a child Ritalin-taker will be to use cocaine in adulthood than their non-medicated counterparts.

5

joints smoked per week to equal the effect of cancer-causing chemicals induced by someone who smokes a full pack of cigarettes per day.

10 to 20

percentage of success achieved by traditional drug rehabilitation programs.

70

percentage of success achieved by the Narconon Drug and Alcohol Addiction Treatment and Rehabilitation Program.

400

chemicals found in a single marijuana joint.

500

estimated annual dollar cost of the drug problem to every man, woman and child on earth.

3,000

number of prescriptions for the antidepressant Prozac written in one year for infants younger than one year old.

26,000

individuals who died from drug-induced causes in the US in an average year this decade.

143,000,000,000

estimated dollars incurred annually in wasted resources due to worldwide drug addiction, according to a recent guess from the National Institute on Drug Abuse.

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