Drug use is defined as "The use of a natural or chemical agent that alters the state of mind or the way the brain functions" by Webster's Dictionary. As is blatantly obvious to all humans who have eyes and ears drug use has spread dramatically to all steps of human life. The overuse of drugs has led the inhabitants of this planet to a steady decline that will not stop unless steps are taken to intervene in the deliberate rape of drug users' bodies and minds. The drug users' use harms not only them in using drugs, but also their friends, family and loved ones, and eventually leads to the addiction of the user's mind and body to the drug.
             The drug use in America has climbed sharply since the early 1990's by more than half then what it was, but it still staggeringly lowers then the mark set in 1979, the highest recorded drug use in America (Lawrence 19). While that is a good achievement, still an increase in drug use is extremely dire, and only helps to bring down our society. While the new drug users have leveled off, still the "...rampant use in those already involved in drugs and those already addicted to our modern day plague..." as Dr. Sheles put it (9). Some of the scientists predict another leveling off, after the drastic rise from 2002 to 2003 of 7.1%, but they are not the ones out on the streets or in the schools every day witnessing the use of drugs by their friends (10). The predicted leveling off might help stem the tide of the onrushing new and old users, but it will not bring the already high numbers down to an acceptable level. As more and more ordinary teens are getting addicted to more and more extraordinary drugs, this so-called leveling off will not be effective, because the rate of use will already be greater than in the periods of greatest use in the seventy's. Actually, more teens are getting addicted in the 21st century than in the seventy's, because the drugs are being mixed with extremely addictive substa...