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Tasc-Arizona Provides you with information on helping people understand, cope and know the effects drugs can cause in ones life. Tasc is an organization of devoted people who study advanced knowledge of alcohol and drug abuse, along with the use of mental health intervention and other ways to treating people with these problems. 
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According to the U.S. Department of Justice, drugs are the number one crime problem in the United States. Drug dealing is estimated to be over a $100 billion dollar annual business. Huge profits are made by criminals outside the U.S. and those supplying drugs to local communities. The recent surge of juvenile gangs can be directly linked to the drug industry and the resulting increase in violence. Such violence is often directed at rival gangs but is also targeted at drug users and innocent people. Drug use also causes other consequences such as infant addiction, the spread of HIV disease and an increase in crimes such as armed robberies. In many neighborhoods, people are afraid to leave their homes or to let their children play outside for fear of drug dealer's demands or caught in the crossfire of violence. Because police have limited resources, they must utilize community support to stop drug dealing and education is the first step.
Alcohol and drug use in the workplace is receiving attention due to the public's increased awareness and concern about safety, productivity and health. From business's along with alot of work places, are looking  into life insurance quotes for further safety measures for employee's and co-workers. Each year alcohol and drugs cost taxpayers billions of dollars in Federal Government drug-related expenditures. The National Institute on Drug Abuse reports that between 5 and 10% of workers are heavy users of alcohol. Furthermore, they report the following statistics about workers who use drugs:
* 22% of construction workers
* 16% of workers in the wholesale trade
* 19% in repair services
* 11% in manufacturing, retail and professional positions 
Compared to the average employee, workers who use alcohol and drugs are late to work three times more, receive sickness benefits three times more, have four times more on-the-job accidents and file five times more worker's compensation claims. It's not just recreational drugs either. They are also absent 16 times more and are absent for more than one week, which is two and a half times more than non-users. In addition to these problems, alcohol and drug use lowers productivity, increases equipment damage and increases the chance of injury to the public.
Businesses have responded to the alcohol and drug