Substance Abuse
Overview
Alcohol
Tobacco
Marijuana
Cocaine
Ecstasy
Heroin/Morphine
Amphetamines
Hallucinogens

Additional Resources
Drug Enforcement Admin.
Ntl. Ins. on Drug Abuse
CSAT
SAMHSA
Treatment Locator
Policy Research Prog.
L.A. Public Health
United Way of Los Angeles
Pac. Asian Alc. & Drug Prog.
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Overview:

In the US the number of drug deaths in a typical year is:

Tobacco: 390,000

Sidestream smoke from tobacco: 50,000

Alcohol: 80,000

Cocaine: 2,200

Heroin: 2,000

Aspirin: 2,000

Marijuana: 0*

(*There has never been a recorded death due to marijuana at any time in US history.) All illegal drugs combined kill about 4,500 people per year, or about one percent of the number killed by alcohol and tobacco. Tobacco kills more people each year than all of the people killed by all of the illegal drugs in the last century.