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Citing a 1990 New England Journal of Medicine Report, Drug Laws Facts reports that “regardless of similar or equal levels of illicit drug use during pregnancy, black women are ten times more likely than white women to be reported to child welfare agencies for prenatal drug use.”
UPPERS
According to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Report, arrests for drug violations in 2004 are expected to exceed the reported 1,579,566 in 2000.
DOWNERS
A provision in the CLEAN-UP Act currently being considered by Congress would make club promoters, venues and musical acts liable for the drug usage by their patrons.
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The White House Drug Data indicates that, in the year 2000, the total cost to society for drug abuse was $160.7 billion. An increase from1992 when it was $102 billion.
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Pharmaceutical Companies spent more than $1.7 billion dollars on advertising in 2000, as reported by Mother Jones website. Currently, drug companies are spending $1 billion a year in advertising their wares.
DOWNERS
Despite 238 meth lab seizures this year, Washington State has slipped to #6 in the ranking for meth labs. Iowa tops the list of states with the most meth lab closures at 622 this year alone.
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For a compelling list of drug slang and lingo, go to ni-cor.com/drugslang.html. Find out what “Alice B. Toklas” and “Krippies” are. Fun for the whole family.
DOWNERS
Malaysia has the highest per capital usage of Viagra, the anti-impotency drug. This figure has alarmed the country’s Health Minister, Chua Jui Meng, who said "This is alarming and definitely a cause for concern, not a cause for celebration."
DOWNERS
According to King County Medical Examiner Office’s statistics, in 2002, 58% of all deaths in Seattle resulted from “drugs and poisons involving cocaine or opiates, either alone or in combination.” Overall in totals of drug-related death, whether through its consumption or violence, in 2002 was 14,054, according to the US Department of Justice.
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