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27,000 Americans commit suicide.
23,000 are murdered.
125,000 die prematurely of alcohol abuse.
473,000 die prematurely from tobacco-related illnesses
6,500,000 use heroin, crack, speed, PCP, cocaine or some other hard drug on a regular basis.
5,000+ die from illicit drug use. Thousands suffer serious debilitations.
1,000+ die from sniffing household substances found under the kitchen sink. About 20% of all eighth-graders have "huffed" toxic substances.
31,450,000 use marijuana; 3,000,000 of whom are heavy usuers.
5,000 die from psychoactive drug treatments.
25,000,000, or one out of every 10 Americans, seek help from psychiatric, psychotherapeutic, or medical sources for mental and emotional problems.
14,000+ die from overdoses of legal prescription drugs.
Effects on Women and Children:
126,000 children are born with a major birth defect, mostly due to insufficient prenatal care, nutritional deficiency, environmental toxicity, or maternal drug addiction.
2,900,000 children are reportedly subjected to serious neglect or abuse, including physical torture and deliberate starvation.
30,000 or more children are left permanently physically disabled from abuse and neglect.
1,000,000 children run away from home, mostly because of abusive treatment, including sexual abuse, from parents and other adults.
2,000,000 to 4,000,00 women are battered. Domestic violence is the single largest cause of injury and second largest cause of death to U.S. women.
700,000 women are raped, one every 45 seconds.
Source: Dirty Truths
One death is a tragedy. A million deaths is a statistic.
-Josef Stalin.
This thread is partly a reply to the deplorable "What Drugs have you tried" thread.
Is this flammatory? Perhaps to some, but I believe the message should be heard: We have to be responsible for our actions. Being American with civil rights does not include the right to do whatever we desire without constraint, limit, and reasoning. Nor does it allow us to blatantly "chat" about drugs just because the forum says "Off-Topic". Feel free to discuss these statistics (under-estimated imo) and our responsibilites.
23,000 are murdered.
125,000 die prematurely of alcohol abuse.
473,000 die prematurely from tobacco-related illnesses
6,500,000 use heroin, crack, speed, PCP, cocaine or some other hard drug on a regular basis.
5,000+ die from illicit drug use. Thousands suffer serious debilitations.
1,000+ die from sniffing household substances found under the kitchen sink. About 20% of all eighth-graders have "huffed" toxic substances.
31,450,000 use marijuana; 3,000,000 of whom are heavy usuers.
5,000 die from psychoactive drug treatments.
25,000,000, or one out of every 10 Americans, seek help from psychiatric, psychotherapeutic, or medical sources for mental and emotional problems.
14,000+ die from overdoses of legal prescription drugs.
Effects on Women and Children:
126,000 children are born with a major birth defect, mostly due to insufficient prenatal care, nutritional deficiency, environmental toxicity, or maternal drug addiction.
2,900,000 children are reportedly subjected to serious neglect or abuse, including physical torture and deliberate starvation.
30,000 or more children are left permanently physically disabled from abuse and neglect.
1,000,000 children run away from home, mostly because of abusive treatment, including sexual abuse, from parents and other adults.
2,000,000 to 4,000,00 women are battered. Domestic violence is the single largest cause of injury and second largest cause of death to U.S. women.
700,000 women are raped, one every 45 seconds.
Source: Dirty Truths
One death is a tragedy. A million deaths is a statistic.
-Josef Stalin.
This thread is partly a reply to the deplorable "What Drugs have you tried" thread.
Is this flammatory? Perhaps to some, but I believe the message should be heard: We have to be responsible for our actions. Being American with civil rights does not include the right to do whatever we desire without constraint, limit, and reasoning. Nor does it allow us to blatantly "chat" about drugs just because the forum says "Off-Topic". Feel free to discuss these statistics (under-estimated imo) and our responsibilites.
