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THE ECONOMICS OF
DRUG ABUSE
--- UPDATE 2000 --- |
IN NEW YORK STATE, THE ANNUAL COST OF
ALCOHOL/TOBACCO/DRUGS EXCEEDS $21 BILLION !
HERE IS THE BREAKDOWN FOR THE FINGER LAKES
REGION:
| COUNTY |
POPULATION BASE
1998
(US Census Est.) |
COST TO
COUNTY
PER YEAR |
ANNUAL SAVINGS
TO COUNTY
BY REDUCING
DRUG ABUSE BY 5% |
| Chemung |
92,021 |
$ 108 million |
$ 5.4 million |
| Livingston |
66,000 |
78 million |
3.9 million |
| Monroe |
716,072 |
842 million |
42.1 million |
| Ontario |
99,662 |
117 million |
5.9 million |
| Schuyler |
19,125 |
23 million |
1.1 million |
| Seneca |
31,943 |
38 million |
1.9 million |
| Steuben |
97,950 |
115 million |
5.8 million |
| Tioga |
52,477 |
62 million |
3.1 million |
| Tompkins |
96,020 |
113 million |
5.7 million |
| Wayne |
94,977 |
112 million |
5.6 million |
| Yates |
24,202 |
28 million |
1.4 million |
FINGER
LAKES
REGION |
1,390,449 |
$1,636,000,000 |
$81,900,000 |
Information provided by the
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Center for Substance Abuse
Services
and the
Council on Alcoholism and other Chemical Dependencies of the Finger Lakes
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