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 7.4
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Original and Adjusted Estimates of the Cost of Alcohol and Drug Abuse, 1975-1992 (billions of dollars)
Year of Estimate
Alcohol
Drugs
Original
Adjusted
Original
Adjusted
1975
42.8
146.0
10.3
35.0
1977
49.4
140.0
16.4
46.0
1980
89.5
186.0
49.4
102.0
1985
70.3
104.0
44.1
65.0
1992
148.0
148.0
97.7
97.7
Source: 1975 alcohol: Berry et al. (1977); 1975 drugs: Rufener et al. (1977); 1977 drugs and alcohol: Cruze et al. (1981); 1980 drugs and alcohol: Harwood et al. (1984); 1985 drugs and alcohol: Rice et al. (1990); 1992 drugs and alcohol: analysis by The Lewin Group.
Note: Original estimates are adjusted to 1992 values based on inflation and population change between the original year of the estimate and 1992. Inflation change is a weighted average employment compensation default (80 percent), medical consumer price default (10 percent), and general consumer price default (10 percent).
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