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.
The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore houses African elephants (Loxodonta africana) who are very different from their Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) cousins. The African elephant (Loxodonta africana) is the largest land animal in the world.he forest elephant is generally smaller, with rounder ears, and tusks that grow downward. Normally, forest elephants inhabit the rain forests of central and western Africa and do not overlap the territories of the savannah elephant.