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Drugwar Battle Damage Assessment 1995 - 2005

And this is after over 100 years of trying!

The War on Drugs in Perspective 1995 - 2005
Year Budget (billions) Past Year Users Drug-Induced Deaths Avg THC Drug Law ArrestsRehab Admissions
1995 7.0 22,662,000 14,218 3.8 1,476,100 1,186,485
1996 6.8 23,182,000 14,843 4.1 1,506,200 1,170,195
1997 8.1 24,189,000 15,973 4.5 1,583,600 1,162,258
1998 8.2 23,115,000 20,227 4.4 1,559,100 1,249,576
1999 9.8 25,402,000 19,102 4.6 1,557,100 1,264,353
2000 10.7 24,535,000 19,698 4.9 1,579,566 1,311,355
2001 10.4 28,409,000 21,683 5.3 1,586,902 1,378,580
2002 11.5 35,132,000 26,018 6.4 1,538,813 1,479,435
2003 11.4 34,993,000 28,783 6.3 1,678,192 1,459,492
2004 11.9 34,807,000 30,711 7.1 1,745,712 1,468,047
2005 12.6 35,041,000 -- 8.0 1,846,351 1,450,892
% Change Up 79% Up 55% Up 116% Up 113% Up 25% Up 22%

Sources:
  • Budget: 2003 - 2007 National Drug Control Strategy Reports
  • Past Year Users: National Survey on Drug Use and Health (and Older NHSDA data)
  • Deaths: National Vital Statistics Reports
  • Avg THC: Marijuana Potency Monitoring Project
  • Drug Law Arrests: Bureau of Justice Statistics
  • Rehab Admissions -- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Notes:

Past Year use is "any illicit" drug use. Notice that since 2002, the number of users is higher than it was at the alleged "peak of drug use" in 1979 (31,485,000). Tell everyone.

Mortality data includes deaths that are characterized as "drug-induced" that are not necessarily caused by illicit drug use.

Average THC content is expressed as the average across all product types.

Rehab Admissions excludes those involving alcohol only.

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