Drugs
Statistics
Minors & Crime
Overall
War on Drugs
100
What type of drug is LSD?
Hallucinogen
100
In 2007 about ________ % of all arrests nationally were for possession of a controlled substance.
80%
100
__ of teens are arrested for burglary because they need money for drugs.
44%
100
What is the #1 reason why people go to jail?
Drug offenses
100
What is the war on drugs?
A campaign, led by the government, with the goal of decreasing the amount of illegal drug trade in the United States.
200
What is heroine? What is it made from?
An opioid drug made from morphine.
200
How many heroine addicts are in the U.S.? How many crimes do they commit per year?
Calculations indicate that the 450,000 heroin addicts in the U.S. commit more than 50,000,000 crimes per year.
200
What are the most common drugs used by teens?
Alcohol, Marijuana, Nicotine, Cocaine, Heroin, Prescription drugs
200
Is any money going in to help addicts? If so, how much?
For each tax dollar we pay, only 1.9 cents are going to help addicts with treatment and prevention.
200
The war on drugs started in what year?
1971
300
What type of drug is cocaine? What is it made from?
A stimulant drug made from the leaves of a coca plant in South America.
300
What percent of people committed a crime under the influence of cocaine? What percent involved violence?
26% of cocaine addicts committed a crime under the influence of cocaine, 95% involved violence
300
If you are a juvenile offender, you may receive ______,_______,______, or ______.
Drug counseling, probation, detention, diversion
300
____ in ____ incarcerated people is locked up for a drug offense.
1 in 5
300
Every________ someone in America is arrested from drug possession.
25 seconds
400
What type of drug is bath salts? What do bath salts look like?
Human-made stimulant: a white or brown crystal powder.
400
What percent of incarcerated addicts return to substance abuse after being released from prison? And what percent will commit new crimes as well?
95% ; 60 to 80%
400
If you are distributing drugs at the age of 18 to a 14- 16 year old, you are facing a ___________ felony.
Class D felony which can involve long jail sentences, strict probation, and fines.
400
How much money was spent in the U.S. to stop the trading and selling of illegal drugs?
$47+ billion
400
The war on drugs costs the U.S. ___________ a year.
$78 billion
500
Sources
https://www.projectknow.com/exploring-the-shocking-bath-salts-induced-crimes/
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/002204268201200301?journalCode=joda%5C&
https://www.drugs.com/illicit/lsd.html
https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/drugfacts/synthetic-cathinones-bath-salts
https://skywoodrecovery.com/why-imprisonment-is-more-harm-than-help-to-addicted-offenders/
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/002204268201200301?journalCode=joda
500
_______ students lost financial aid from the government due to drug convictions.
200,000+
500
What types of drug crimes do juveniles commit?
- possession, transportation, and sale of illegal substance
- intent to distribute illegal substance
-cultivation of illegal substance
500
How many arrests were there in 2017 for drug violations?
1,632,921 arrests