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Is AOD Abuse a Serious Crime Problem?


  • Alcohol- and other drug-related crime cost society $57.3 billion in 1990.
  • This figure includes the direct costs of crime, lost wages of crime victims, the costs of incarceration, and losses to the economy by those who engage in crime rather than legal employment.



 



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