Statistics (I've got a lot of work to do on this one)

• Sat, 24 Feb 2001, STUDY: EUROPEAN YOUTHS MORE LIKELY TO DRINK AND SMOKE; MORE DRUG USE IN U.S.
• Feb 2001, Study casts doubt on gateway theory Researchers say that today's young people
  who use marijuana are not likely to become hard drug users when they get older, the Associated Press reported Feb. 1.7
• Shoveling Up: The Impact of Substance Abuse on State Budgets. Great report from The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia
  University (CASA) It shows why our efforts to reduce substance abuse are so flawed. 
• 1/4/2001, US report details losses in drug fight  But McCaffrey sees some positive signs. In 1993, the report estimated 3.3 million hard-core cocaine users and 694,000 heroin addicts. The 1998 figures: 3.3 million cocaine addicts  and 980,000 heroin addicts.
• Sat, 17 Jun 2000, CDC Says Teen Drug Use on Rise
• Sept 99 US CA: Survey Of Teens`Alarming'
•  Drug use by youths on the rise