... comparing the US to the Netherlands. Social Indicator Years USA Netherlands Lifetime prevalence of marijuana use (ages 12+) 1998 vs. 1997 33% 15.6% Past month prevalence of marijuana use (ages 12+) 1998 vs. 1997 5% 2.5% Lifetime prevalence of heroin use (ages 12+) 1998 vs. 1997 1.1% 0.3% Incarceration Rate per 100,000 population 1997 vs. 1996 645 77.3 Per capita spending on drug-related law enforcement 1997 ... vs. 1995 $81 $27 Homicide rate per 100,000 population 1995 vs. 1995 8 1.8 Like every political issue that is debated there is ... ...

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... illegal drug use during pregnancy, African American women are ten times more likely to be reported to child welfare agencies for prenatal drug use. In a recent Supreme Court case, Ferguson vs. the City of Charleston, the practice of drug testing pregnant women without their consent and prosecuting the mothers for "distributing an illegal substance" to an unborn child through the umbilical ... ...

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... giggly for no reason; and have a hard time remembering things that just happened. When the early effects fade, over a few hours, the user can become very sleepy. In comparing marijuana vs. tobacco, it's true that both marijuana and tobacco contain toxic chemicals such as tar, carbon monoxide, and cyanide. But marijuana smoke has more cancer-causing chemicals than tobacco. As stated ... ...

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... who drinks alcohol? Neither of the adults cause harm to other people while at home without kids around. The drinker would cause more damage to his own body by drinking vs. the pot smoker. Lewis, a former CEO of Progressive, and one of the main backers of the Nevada proposal of legalizing marijuana, says, "The absurdity of its illegality has been clear ... ...

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... 12-17: 1.7 percent for young adults age 18-25 years; and 0.5 percent for adults 26 and older. Men continued to have a higher rate of current drug use than women (8.7 percent vs. 4.9 percent) in 1999. Among youths age 12-17, the rate of current drug use was slightly higher for boys (11.3 percent) than for girls (10.5 percent). While boys age 12 ... ...

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... who drinks alcohol? Neither of the adults cause harm to other people while at home without kids around. The drinker would cause more damage to his own body by drinking vs. the pot smoker. Lewis, a former CEO of Progressive, and one of the main backers of the Nevada proposal of legalizing marijuana, says, "The absurdity of its illegality has been clear ... ...

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... user begins to crave more immediately as the neurotransmitter supply is exhausted. This pattern has led to cocaine's being described as "neuropsychologically addicting- in recognition that traditional definitions of physical vs. psychological addiction do not neatly fit in this case. Most cocaine addicts in treatment report some control over their use for the first two to four years, giving them the ... ...

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