Do you know how many people died because of use of drugs last year?
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Not as many as we lost in the war.
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drugs are bad for you..  get help now!
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lol...what kind of a question is this...i'm sure everyone knows someone who abuses illegal drugs, it's just that some of the people that abuse illegal drugs don't go around telling everyone. Contrary to what the media portrays, there are many illegal drugs that don't make you act like a total idiot and only other people who have done the drug or people who have been around others doing the drug a lot would even know they were on it.
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not really that many if you use them short term and as directed by the doctor. a lot of prescription narcotics like codeine and hydrocodone contain acetominophen and addicts will take enough of them to damage their liver, especially after theyve built up a tolerance and need large doses to get a high. also, large doses and/or taking them with alcohol as a decent number of addicts do can cause neurological or breathing problems that can be potentially fatal. injection drug abusers are at risk for blood borne illnesses like hepatitis and HIV
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Tobacco use is responsible for more than one of every six deaths in the United States.It causes over 390,000 deaths in the united states alone. Its the #1 preventable cause of death in the u.s. Incidentally, there is no hard data indicating second hand smoke to ANY detrimental health effects. Food for thought...
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Drug use was topping out, cocaine addiction was on the rise, and there was a steady population of about 200,000 heroin addicts in New york City alone, andother 50-70,000 upstate.  Nelson Rockefeller was governor at the time, and enacted legislation mandating a minimum one year to life in jail for more than a quarter ounce of coke or heroin.
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Hard drugs are very dangerous!
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No, I've lost touch with all of my old best friends.  A lot of them became drug addicts....it's sad.
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You can ask.  If only traffic diversion can get once a year.  If drugs, federal courts don't charge unless they mean to give someone serious prison time, not diversion.
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NO NO NO!!!!!!! Drugs can kill you and do nothing to help you. if u r addicted plz get sum help so u dont get hurt.
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How many kids are in foster homes and how many families are torn because of drug abuse (use)
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i believe the official verdict was heart attack brought on by excess drug use(pain killers,uppers,downers)and being overweight.
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The war on drugs is nowhere near over.  I was watching on the news a while back that after the tougher laws passed in Iowa reguarding the sales of certain ingredients in meth, that meth lab siezures had gone down a dramatic amount.  However, I still see people using every bit as much as before.  In my opinion, the law enforcement officials have not been working hard enough, and therefore cite the new law for less busts being made.
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He died of a heart attack, his weakened coronary condition was both caused and exacerbated by years of (past)drug and alcohol(ab)use.\nViva La Raza!
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According to data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), in 2004, 16,694 people were killed in alcohol-related crashes - an average of one almost every half-hour. These deaths constituted approximately 39 percent of the 42,636 total traffic fatalities.
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There is no way of knowing how many people are on prescription drugs.  That's like asking how many people drink water.  Doctors don't report to any agency about prescribing drugs.  Pharmacy's don't report the sale of drugs.  Your question can't be answered.
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64,631,595\n\nnote: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2006 est.)