Monday, Mar. 05, 2001

Numbers

By Kathleen Adams, Melissa August, Val Castronovo, Randy Hartwell, Ellin Martens, Joseph Pierro, Josh Tyrangiel and Leigh Anne Williams

44 Number of prelates Pope John Paul II elevated to the College of Cardinals last week (the most ever at one time)

48 Number of players drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals last year (average by baseball standards)

28 Percentage of 10th-graders surveyed who have used marijuana in the drug-permissive Netherlands

41 Percentage of U.S. 10th-graders surveyed who have tried marijuana

3 Times more likely Western Europeans are than Americans to use legal drugs for anxiety and insomnia

10 Times more likely Americans are than Western Europeans to use Viagra

$1 billion Amount Napster offered to pay over five years, to be divided by record labels and artists, for free downloads of copyrighted songs

100,502,513 Minimum number of subscribers needed to earn $1 billion if Napster charges a proposed $9.95 fee for unlimited downloads

Sources: Associated Press; Major League Baseball; World Health Organization; International Narcotics Control Board; New York Times