DRUG USE BY RACE/GENDER

Which race has uses drugs most often?
     African America

Which race has the second highest percent for drug use?
     Whites

What gender uses drugs most often?
     Males

Is the percentage of people who use illicit drugs higher for married or unmarried people?
     Unmarried


DRUG AND THE STATES

What state has the worst drug problem?
     California

Over the last three years has the drug use for kids grade 6-12 increased or decreased?
     Decreased

In grades 6-12 what was the illegal substance used most over the past three years drugs, cigarettes, or alcohol?
     Alcohol

In 1999-2000 what had a higher annual use cigarettes or drugs?
     Cigarettes


THE GOVERNMENT

What drug can doctor prescribe to help narcolepsy?
      Date Rape Drug/ GHB

What drug helps certain types of cancer?
     Marijuana

What drug manufactured first by the government was supposed to fight morphine addiction, but turned out to be more addictive than morphine?
     Heroine

What drug mixed with water by doctors can be used to numb the eyes and nose for surgery ?
     Cocaine


SMUGGLING

What is the worlds biggest producer of illicit opium-- the drug from which heroin and morphine come?
     Afghanistan

What is one of the major centers for smuggling cocaine and heroin?
     Mena, Arizona

What president decided to stop Mexican marijuana and heroin by searching every third car that crossed the boarder?
     President Nixon

What did the U.S. government do quickly with that policy?
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