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The Economic Costs of Alcohol and Drug Abuse
in the United States - 1992

National Institute on Drug Abuse
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

Table 1.4

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Updated Cost Estimates: 1992 Estimates and Inflation-
and Population-Adjusted Costs of Alcohol and Drug Abuse for 1995
(millions of current-year dollars)

	Alcohol		Drugs
	1992	1995	1992	1995
Health Care Expenditures
Specialty alcohol and drug services	$5,573	$6,660	$4,400	$5,258
Medical consequences	$13,247	$15,830	$5,531	$6,623
Productivity Impacts
Lost earnings - premature death	$31,327	$34,921	$14,575	$16,247
Lost earnings - illness	$69,209	$77,150	$15,682	$17,481
Lost earnings - crime/victims	$6,461	$7,231	$39,164	$43,829
Other Impacts
Crashes, fires, criminal justice, etc.	$22,204	$24,752	$18,307	$20,407
Total	$148,021	$166,543	$97,659	$109,832

Source: Analysis by The Lewin Group.
Note: Components may not sum to totals because of rounding.

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