Charts and Graphs About the Drug War 
   
Drug Related Deaths - Number of deaths per year attributed to
illegal drug use. Includes opiates, cocaine, PCP, amphetamines.  
Substance Abuse Related Deaths - Number of deaths per year due to
various substance. Includes tobacco, obesity, alcohol, opiates, cocaine  
Substance Abuse Related Deaths - Includes obesity, tobacco,
alcohol, illicit drugs  
Substance Abuse Related Deaths - Magnified view of deaths from
illicit drugs.  
Habitual Use Potential - Percent of people who ever used a drug
who are currently using the drug.  
Risk of Death - Deaths per year per 100,000 people at risk related
to various factors  
Homicide Rates from 1900 to Present - Rate per 100,000 Population  
Federal and State Prisoners- Inmates sentenced to a maximum of one
year or more.  
Homicide Motives - Reasons for murder in the United States  
U.S. War Casualties - Compared with casualties from AIDS as a
result of the War on Drugs.  
Drug War Costs -- The Financial Costs of the War on Drugs  
The Drug Deficit - Estimated Drug Profits leaving the United
States  
Federal Drug Abuse Budget - Past Expenditures of the Federal
Government for the War on Drugs.  
Property Seizures - Percent of people with property seized who are
not charged with any crime.  
Value of Asset Seizures - Breakdown of assets seized which are
under $50,000 as opposed to over $50,000. This chart demonstrates that most asset seizures
are not against big time dealers.  
Average Sentence Length in Months - This chart shows the trend in
the length of prison sentences for violent crimes as opposed to drug offenses.  
Annual Deaths from Drugs in the US 
Arrests for Drug and Alcohol Violations in the US
1940-1990 
Distribution of all Drug Arrests Since 1941 by
Decade 
Relative Addictive Properties of Six Psychoactive
Substances 
Homicides and Prisoners in Custody 
Sentenced Prisoners in State and Federal
Institutions 1960-2000 
Estimated Arrests for Drug Offenses 1983-1992 
Arrests and Lifetime Substance Use and Abuse by American Adults (1985
data) 
Lifetime Substance Use and Abuse by American Adults  
Lifetime Use of Alcohol, Nicotine, Cannabis, and Cocaine Among
American Adults 
Age at First Use of Selected Substances 
Lifetime Use of Four Substances by Educational Level 
Lifetime Use of Sedatives/Tranquilizers, Stimulants,
Hallucinogens, Inhalants and Opiates 
Lethal Doses of Selected Drugs 
Daily Use of Drugs by Young Adults 
Arrests for Alcohol, Violence, and Drug Offenses as Percentages
of All Arrests 
Homicide Rate and Receipt of Prisoners
1910-1987 
Alcoholic Expenditures as Percentages of
Total Consumption Expenditures 1933-1989 
Per Capita Expenditures on Total
Consumption and Alcoholic Beverages (1982 Dollars) 1933-1989 
The Crime Boom 1950-1987 
More Homicides, More Prisoners - Rates
per 100,000 Population 1910-1990 
DEA Charts - Includes World-Wide Cocaine
Production, Cocaine Seizures, Heroin Seizures  
Volstead Act Statistics - Alcohol Prohibition - 1920-1929
 
Percentage of People Who Believe that Marijuana Should
Be Legalized 
Drug Law Enforcement Expenditures and
Drug-Related Deaths 
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