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Cost-Benefit Analysis of Substance Abuse Prevention by Raluka Kalinović is a document available to read on EtoBox.
This document analyzes the costs and benefits of substance abuse prevention programs. It finds that substance abuse has enormous economic costs for society. School-based prevention programs can significantly reduce substance abuse among youth and generate substantial cost savings. Implementing effective nationwide school-based prevention in 2002 could yield lifetime cost savings from $4 billion to $27 billion through reduced health and crime costs associated with substance abuse.
- Author
- Raluka Kalinović
- Language
- EN