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Archive Home > 2009 > May > 28 > Where else drug abuse hurts: the government pocketbook

Where else drug abuse hurts: the government pocketbook

By Erik Eckholm / The Bulletin
May 28, 2009

Government spending related to smoking and the abuse of alcohol and illegal drugs reached $468 billion in 2005, accounting for more than one-tenth of combined federal, state and local expenditures for all purposes, according to new numbers.

Most abuse-related spending went toward direct health....

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