what is the current trend indrug use e.g, alcohol and illegal drugs?
606601
At the risk fo sounding square (old fashioned) I'd say they are all a no-no
909866
Try the UNDOC (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime) website.  You can also try the Global Drug Prevention Network site.
792020
i agree.\nthere are plenty of nasty illegal drugs, that people abuse and put added strain on the health services, \njust because alcohol is legal, it doesn't stop it being as destructive and an equally abused drug.\n\ni heard the other day that alcohol will b getting health-warnings, but the alcohol companies r busy finding ways 2 stop it.\n\ni'd rather b trapped in a lift with some1 with a bad case of tourettes than an alcoholic!
870225
Alcohol prohibition was tried once with disastrous results.  It's a surprise that we've allowed the current drug war to continue even though the outcome is the same (largely ineffective, leading to trampling of civil rights, increase in crime & gang activity).
1075034
The effects of both alcohol and Marijuana are so strikingly similar, that I'm shocked the government hasn't legalized it yet. It's not physically addictive either, as opposed to the other illegal drugs.
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mostly with the folloiwing drugs\n- anti cholinergic ,\n- anti parkinsonians,\n- analgesic\n-cimetidine\n-digoxin\n-benzodiaziapines\n-antidepressants\n -illicit substances\n and also...with drawal from alcohol
654382
none. and it is getting worse with every new law passed.
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OMG that guy really answered your question, didn't he?\nI'd say yes. A lot of illegal things have made their way into everyday life. Consider moonshine, gambling, prostitution, drinking in college.\nThese things are still against the law, but everybody knows people who do it, and it's generally accepted.
668995
People are using drugs everyday. Caffeine is a drug, Nicotine is a drug, prescription anti-depressants are drugs... Some drugs are worse than others, I agree, but let everyone learn from their own mistakes.
691175
Increased organized crime, especially in the cities.  You can argue that higher percentage of people were breaking the law because many people used even their own bathtubs to make alcohol in their home.  Speakeasies is the term used for places that were making it illegally.
467983
Try http://www.mapinc.org/safe/v06/n395/a06.html or http://theage.com.au/news/in-depth/the-rise-of-a-drug-lord/2006/03/31/1143441335447.html
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maybe a 7\n\nalcoholism, drug abuse, physical and mental abuse, neglect... no wait, thats pretty normal these days huh? OK I guess we're at a 3 then.
184176
This is really a topic where we need to know the product being consumed. I'll try to give a general overview.\n\nOh, wait, you want an article. Never mind.
657126
http://www.unodc.org/unodc/world_drug_report.html\n\nhttp://www.unodc.org/unodc/drug_demand_who.html\n\nhttp://toby.library.ubc.ca/subjects/subjpage1.cfm?id=605\n\nhttp://search.who.int/search?q=substance+abuse&output=xml_no_dtd&sort=date%3AD%3AL%3Ad1&site=default_collection&ie=utf8&oe=utf8&client=WHO&proxystylesheet=WHO
219194
Crime is off the chart here in Indiana with all of the poverty and homelessness. Mostly Alcohol related, due to the millions of lost jobs with this Administration. Children graduating from high school and college don't have anything but the Military waiting on them. We also have an out of control, illegal immigration problem here too. Indiana's answer to the unemployment, was to increase the sizes of their prisons and prison systems at tax payer expense.
1126303
Another division or so and we might actually become effective at stopping both the human traffic and drugs. I think people or underestimating the positive effect this could have against the drug insurgency. Mexico has always been a major player and the drugs have contributed to the immigration problem.
236411
I think pot usage was wider spread back then before the government dug in with all the anti-drug campaigning and subsidies to law enforcement.  The taboo of it has been softened too.  Coke was off the hook back then, really just getting started...but I don't think it's any worse than today, considering how strong the growing darker forces of the Columbian Drug Cartel have become.  So, all-in-all, the same...basing that on information from the media and the occasional creepy book or two covering the subject from Barnes & Noble....