Trends in Drug Use. About 22.6 million Americans or 8.9% of the population are current users. of illicit drugs, meaning they use at least once per month: â¢ 13.3 million employed Americans. â¢ 4.2 million dependent on illicit drugs. â¢ 15 million dependent on alcohol. Total economic cost = $193 billion.
The African elephant is the largest of the two species left in the world. They have extremely large ears and both the males and the females grow tusks. They can be more than 12 feet tall and weight about 14,000 pounds. There are some sub species out there that are smaller with a height of about 9 feet and weighing approximately 7,500 pounds.
It is bigger than Asian Elephant. Adult male elephant stand 12 ft tall and weigh 5,600kg but male can be as heavy as 7,000 kg. It is also known as Loxodonte which is Greek word means oblique-sides tooth. In 1970 their population was around 400000 but today it is only 10000 due to hunting.The average length of African elephant is 24 feet.iraffe. It is the tallest land-living animal. Average height of adult male Giraffe is between 14 ft to 17 ft but it can be as tall as 20 ft. It feeds on leaves and vegetation. This animal is inhabitant of Central and South Africa. There is no danger to this animal as for as their extinction is concerned.