Drugs and Money

DRUGSOMONEY AND Addiction is damaging to the body's health, but it can also be ruinous to the wallet. Let's look at the financial costs associated with drug addiction and treatment, which for most people includes counseling. ECONOMIC TOLL SUBSTANCE ABUSE WREAKS HAVOC ON U.S. BUSINESSES, AFFECTING WORKERS' HEALTH AND PRODUCTIVITY. $600 BILLION ANNUAL COSTS RELATED TO SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND ADDICTION, INCLUDING LOST PRODUCTIVITY AND HEALTH- AND CRIME-RELATED COSTS I ELE $1,800 THAT'S MORE THAN FOR EVERY MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD IN THE U.S. ILLICIT DRUGS $193 ALCOHOL. HOW IT BREAKS DOWN' BILLION $235 BILLION TOBACCO $193 BILLION 1 IN12 FULL-TIME WORKERS USES ILLICIT 2 IN3 DRUGS ON A REGULAR BASIS. DRUG USERS ARE EMPLOYED. THE COST OF GETTING HOOKED IN ADDITION TO THE COSTS TO THE ECONOMY AT LARGE, DRUG ADDICTION IS EXPENSIVE ON ITS OWN. HOW MUCH DOES A TYPICAL DRUG HABIT COST? ОхуСontin (non-prescription) Heroin' Vicodin (non-prescription) Alcohol (two cheap 6-packs a day) PER DAY: $70 PER DAY: PER DAY: $60 PER MONTH: $1,800 $150 PER DAY: PER MONTH: $2,100 $9 PER MONTH: $4,500 PER MONTH: $270 PER YEAR: $25,200 PER YEAR: PER YEAR: $21,600 $54,000 PER YEAR: $3,240 Meth Tobacco Cocaine (1 pack of cigarettes per day) PER DAY: PER DAY: $1 $27 PER MONTH: PER DAY: PER MONTH: $333 $5.50 $833 PER MONTH: PER YEAR: PER YEAR: $4,000 $165 $10,000 PER YEAR: $1,980 SMOKE THE COST OF GETTING BETTER DRUG ADDICTION IS EXPENSIVE, BUT, UNFORTUNATELY FOR MOST ADDICTS, SO IS TREATMENT. WHAT ARE THOSE COSTS AND HOW DO THEY COMPARE WITH ALTERNATIVE OUTCOMES, LIKE JAIL? 1 IN10 PEOPLE WHO NEED SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT WHO ACTUALLY SEEK TREATMENT $2,100' MONTHLY COST TO SUPPLY HEROIN ADDICTION MONTHLY COST FOR INPATIENT REHAB: $20,000 MONTHLY COST FOR INCARCERATION: $2,125 BUT IT'S WORTH IT: SAVES TAXPAYERS $1! $74 INVESTED IN TREATMENT FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE IN FUTURE HEALTHCARE AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE COSTS." SOURCES 1. http://www.drugabuse.gov. 2. http://www.whitehouse.gov • 3. http://claritydetox.com - 4. http://www.recoveryranch.com- 5. http://www.lung.org •6. http://www.hazelden.org - 7. http://www.cepr.net - 8, http://www.nami.org BESTMASTERSINCOUNSELING.COM