(Segal 194) Many American teenagers use more than one substance, whether it is using multiple drugs or a combination of drugs and alcohol. ... Statistics and Epidemiology: Patterns of Abuse Although the United States is home to only 5% of the world's population, we use a staggering 50% of the illegal drugs available on the planet, and teenagers are a large percentage of this statistic. ... As stated by Helen Beiser, "two-thirds of American adolescents experiment with illicit substances before they graduate from high school... According to Monica Hernandez, African Americans and Hispanics...

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Most would like to believe that it is, and yet there are few statistics that state this as fact. ... "After Johnson, a conservative Republican, made his common-sense plea for a change in the way this country approaches drug policy, he was savaged by the bureaucrats who make their living by pursuing the drug war "Only when people begin to talk about drugs and the drug war realistically will they begin to figure out how best to tackle a challenge that has not been met by scare tactics, tougher laws and the exponential bloating of prison populations with people who should be receiving treatment....

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