Drug War Clock and Stats

<BODY BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" LINK="#FFCC99" ALINK="#009D74" VLINK="#FF9966"> <div> <B>St.Louis NORML</B><B>L</B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFCC99" FACE="Arial" >    </FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFF00" FACE="Arial" ><B> |   </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="St.Louis NORML"><U><B>home</B></U></A></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="St.Louis NORML"><U><B>St.Louis NORML</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Latest News and Info!"><U><B>Latest News and Info!</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Join NORML"><U><B>Join NORML</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us"><U><B>Contact Us</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Answers To Frequently Asked Questions Ab"><U><B>Answers To Frequently Asked Questions About Marijuana </B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id27.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="More Myths About Marijuana"><U><B>More Myths About Marijuana</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id29.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Facts About Hemp"><U><B>Facts About Hemp</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id28.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Frequently Asked Questions About Hemp"><U><B>Frequently Asked Questions About Hemp</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id33.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="POWD Bracelet"><U><B>POW-D Bracelet</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><B>Drug War Clock and Stats</B><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id120.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Report SPAM"><U><B>Report SPAM</B></U></A></div> <div> <IMG SRC="05358020.gif" border=0 width="600" height="2" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Drug War Clock and Stats</div> <div> <B>Courtesy...</B></div> <div>  <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>War On Drugs Clock</TITLE> <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">  </SCRIPT> </HEAD> <BODY BACKGROUND="http://www.drugsense.org/pix/tile2.gif" BGCOLOR="#CCCCCC" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#993333" VLINK="#333399" ALINK="#FFFFFF" onLoad="startclock()"> <DIV ALIGN="CENTER"> <CENTER> <A HREF="http://www.drugsense.org/"><IMG SRC="http://www.mapinc.org/pix/dsbann.jpg" ALT="DrugSense" WIDTH="460" HEIGHT="60" BORDER="0"></A> <P> <H1 ALIGN="CENTER"><I>Drug War Clock</I></H1> <P> <FORM NAME="clock" onSubmit="0"> <TABLE ALIGN="CENTER" CELLPADDING="8" WIDTH="90%"> <TR><TD><FONT SIZE="+1">It is Wed Mar 28 2001 <INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="face" SIZE="13" VALUE="02:43:26 AM "> </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="+1"> <HR> </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="+2"> Money Spent on the War On Drugs this Year </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD> <FONT SIZE="+3"><INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="fspent" SIZE="16" VALUE="$4,682,380,993"> </FONT><FONT SIZE="+1">Federal</FONT><BR> <FONT SIZE="+3"><INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="sspent" SIZE="16" VALUE="$4,873,799,467"> </FONT><FONT SIZE="+1">State</FONT><BR> <FONT SIZE="+3"><INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="tspent" SIZE="16" VALUE="$9,556,180,460"> </FONT><FONT SIZE="+1">Total</FONT><BR> </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="+1"> <I>The U.S. federal government will spend over 19.2 billion dollars at a rate of about $609 per second on the War on Drugs this year.</I> <P> Source: <A HREF="http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/policy/budget00/exec_summ.html">Office of National Drug Control Policy</A> <P> <I>State and local governments will spend at least another 20 billion.</I> <P> Source: Drucker, Dr. Ernest, (1998, Jan./Feb.). <I>Public Health Reports,</I>, "<A HREF="http://www.drugtext.org/articles/drugrealities/drugspro.htm">Drug Prohibition and Public Health.</A>" U.S. Public Health Service. Vol. 114. </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="+1"> <HR> </TD></TR><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="+2"> People Arrested for Drug Law Offenses this Year </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="+3"> <INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="busts" SIZE="10" VALUE="373,381"> </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="+1"> <I>Arrests for drug law violations in 2001 are expected to exceed the 1,532,200 arrests of 1999.<BR> <BR> Someone is arrested every 20 seconds.</I><BR> <BR> Source: <A HREF="http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/99cius.htm">Uniform Crime Reports, Federal Bureau of Investigation</A> </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="+1"> <HR> </TD></TR><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="+2"> People Incarcerated for Drug Law Offenses this Year </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="+3"> <INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="prison" SIZE="10" VALUE="57,705"> </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="+1"> <I>Approximately 236800 people are expected to be incarcerated for drug law violations in 2001.<BR> <BR> About 648 are locked up every day.</I><BR> <BR> Source: <A HREF="http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/cfjs98.htm">U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics</A> </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD> <HR> </TD></TR><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="+2"> Preventable HIV Infections this Year </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="+3"> <INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="hiv" SIZE="6" VALUE="917"> </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="+1"> <I>Nearly 4,000 new HIV infections can be prevented before the year 2002 if the federal ban on needle exchange funding is lifted this year.<BR> <BR> About 10 new cases could be prevented every day.</I><BR> <BR> Source: <A HREF="http://chanane.ucsf.edu/capsweb/nepdeathnews.html">Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, University of California, San Francisco</A> </FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD> <HR> </TD></TR> </TABLE> </FORM> </CENTER> </DIV> <P> <P ALIGN="CENTER"> <TABLE ALIGN="CENTER" WIDTH="90%"> </BODY> </HTML>  </div> <div>   <a href="http://weedmail.com/index.htm"> <img src="http://weedmail.com/weedbann3.jpg" width="468" height="60" alt="weedmail.com banner" border="0"></a>  </div> <bR>  </div> <bR> <div>  Home Prominent People Who Have Spoken Out Drug Czar Lies Government Lies Police Corruption Victims Racism in the Drug War Medical Marijuana Drug Testing Partnership For A Drug Free America D.A.R.E. Legalization Growing Recipes Reference Material Organizations Other Countries Hemp and the Environment Politics Dangers of Prescribed Medicines What You Can Do? Humor Cool Graphics Links  </div> <bR> <bR> </BODY>