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Money Spent on the War On Drugs this Year
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Federal
State
Total
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The U.S. federal government will spend over 17.9 billion dollars at a rate of
$663 per second on the War on Drugs this year.
Source: Office of National Drug Control Policy
State and local governments will spend another 20 billion.
Source: Drucker, Dr. Ernest, (1998, Jan./Feb.). Public Health Reports,,
"Drug Prohibition and Public Health."
U.S. Public Health Service. Vol. 114.
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People Arrested for Drug Law Offenses this Year
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Arrests for drug law violations in 2000 are expected to exceed the 1.55 million
arrests of 1998.
Someone is arrested every 20 seconds.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics
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People Incarcerated for Drug Law Offenses this Year
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Approximately 45454 people are expected to be incarcerated
for drug law violations in 2000.
About 119 are locked up every day.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics
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Preventable HIV Infections this Year
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Nearly 4,000 new HIV infections can be prevented before the year 2001
if the federal ban on needle exchange funding is lifted this year.
About 10 new cases could be prevented every day.
Source: Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, University of California, San Francisco
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