The Economic Costs of Alcohol and Drug Abuse in the United States - 1992
Table 7.4
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 index (80 percent), medical consumer price index (10 percent), and general consumer price index (10 percent).
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