Introduction

Rick Edelman: Drug addiction costs this country $600 billion a year, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse. 75% of those in treatment for a substance abuse disorder say they've committed assault. 70% of teenage suicides are associated with drug and alcohol use. 80% of prison inmates abuse drugs or alcohol. Half of inmates are clinically addicted. And after they get released, 80% of them commit crimes all over again.