There was a time when Americans were shocked to learn that a popular movie star or singer was taking drugs. Today Americans are learning that such things happen to ordinary people like themselves and their children.
According to a recent survey, about 30 million Americans do drugs on a regular basis. Between 5 to 6 million regularly use cocaine and some 500 thousand are addicted to heroin.
Take cocaine as an example. It is a dangerously addictive and very costly drug. This drug has spread from the entertainment world to small town high schools where more than 17% of the seniors students say they have tried cocaine.
As more and more stronger drags make their way into the nation' s classrooms and factories,more Americans realize they can no longer treat the problem as somebody else's. Many Americans are still searching for answers to drug problems.