It is estimated that 30 - 40 Million used illegal drugs in the last year.
If all were imprisoned, we would have to build a prison large enough to hold the combined population of: California, Arizona & New Mexico

Each   year , a l c o h o l & other   drugs trigger  up to    $ 75  Billion in health care costs.

It   can  cost   $ 1 M i l l i on to  b r i n g  a crack baby to adulthood.

It costs $ 450,000 to put a single drug dealer in jail. The same $ 450,000 can provide treatment and education - with the hope of a cure for 25 people in Teen Challenge Memphis vs. the 1 in the prison system.
  
U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft has said "we must realize that government alone can not provide the solution." Teen Challenge of Memphis is one of the most cost effective proven cure for the addicted!