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Goode, Erich. "Drug Abuse." Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia. 2008. Grolier Online. John Carroll School. 18 Sep. 2008 http://gme.grolier.com/

• People abuse illegal drugs such as marijuana, which have no medical purpose, for the sole purpose of getting high. People also abuse prescription drugs that are purchased legally for medical use.
• Things that are not illegal are also commonly abused. Alcohol and nicotine from cigarettes are the two most common.
• 78 million Americans age 12 and over have tried at least one or more prohibited drugs for the purpose of getting high.
• Every year, our society is estimated to spend $40 - $100 billion on illegal-drugs.
  60% of illegal drugs sold in the world end up in the United States.
• Use of marijuana from 8th – 12th graders has declined from 60% throughout the 1980s to 49% in 2003.
• “The abuse of drugs, legal and illegal, influence or alter the workings of the mind; they affect moods, emotions, feelings, and thinking processes.”