FACTS
DRUG-RELATED CRIME
It is incontrovertible that drug use and crime are related. Here are the US stats as one example:
#1
DRUG
found in the systems of those arrested for crimes was marijuana
$1
TRILLION
is the estimated economic impact on the US of illicit drug use in one year
18
PERCENT
of US federal prison inmates went to jail for a crime they committed in order to get drugs
EVERY
53
MINUTES
someone dies in an alcohol-related vehicle crash
63
PERCENT
of those arrested had at least one drug in their system at the time of arrest
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