These statistics reflect the dire consequences and high cost of substance addictions only. There are millions more people around the world who suffer from behavioral or activity addictions that are resulting in serious physical, psychological, occupational, financial, interpersonal, and other consequences in their lives. Among these addictions are compulsive eating, gambling, sexual activity, working, exercising, spending, and Internet use—the emphasis being on compulsive. The "war" on drugs has done nothing to end the epidemic of substance abuse. It has only resulted in filling prisons. The prison population in the United States mushroomed from 500,000 in 1980 7 to over two million in 2000.
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