Consortium of Alcohol
and Substance Abuse Services
Serving the Monroe County/Greater Finger Lakes Region of New York State
SUMMARY OF STATE
SPENDING ON SUBSTANCE ABUSE:
THE NEW YORK STATE EXPERIENCE:
$ 8.673 Billion - or 18% of the Total State Budget is Spent on theCONSEQUENCESof Alcohol/Drug Abuse !!!
Of every $1 spent on the Burden of Substance Abuse...
only $.01 is spend on Substance Abuse Prevention,
and $0.06 is spent on Substance Abuse Treatment!
SOURCE: The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at
Columbia University
January 29, 2001
