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.
An African elephant is taller and bigger in size than an Asian elephant. An average life span of an elephant, irrespective of whether it is an African elephant or its cousin Asian elephant, is sixty years. In captivity, an elephant can live up to eighty years. An adult elephant experiences most of the human illness attributed to old age such as cardiovascular issues and age-related arthritis. An adult elephant (male and female) is active reproductively till the age of fifty.