Drug Use vs Drug War Cost Breakdown
| Categorizations and Values for Drug Use Costs (2000 $billions) |
| Category
| 1992
| 1993
| 1994
| 1995
| 1996
| 1997
| 1998
| 1999
| 2000
|
| Health Care Costs1
| $13.132
| $13.095
| $12.959
| $12.630
| $12.402
| $12.821
| $13.435
| $14.165
| $14.899
|
| Premature Death
| $14.575
| $24.857
| $25.167
| $25.633
| $21.375
| $17.791
| $17.351
| $17.823
| $18.256
|
Institutionalization/
Hospitalization
| $1.477
| $1.769
| $1.933
| $2.091
| $1.664
| $1.763
| $1.866
| $1.890
| $1.915
|
| Productivity Loss of Victims of Crime
| $2.059
| $2.932
| $2.934
| $2.656
| $2.530
| $2.432
| $2.262
| $2.164
| $2.217
|
| Property Damage
| $0.193
| $0.269
| $0.266
| $0.243
| $0.232
| $0.221
| $0.195
| $0.181
| $0.181
|
| Social Welfare
| $0.337
| $0.418
| $0.422
| $0.412
| $0.395
| $0.300
| $0.260
| $0.238
| $0.218
|
| Total
| $31.773
| $43.34
| $43.681
| $43.665
| $38.589
| $35.328
| $35.369
| $36.461
| $37.686
|
Source: The Economic Costs of Drug Abuse in the United States,
ONDCP (Sep 2001)
Table Notes:
1 Health Care Costs are mostly from Community Based Specialty Treatment (approx 36% of total health care costs) and HIV/AIDS treatment (approx 27% of total health care costs) for a combined 63% of the total Health Care Costs.
| Categorizations and Values for Drug War Costs (2000 $billions) |
| Category
| 1992
| 1993
| 1994
| 1995
| 1996
| 1997
| 1998
| 1999
| 2000
|
| Lost Wages Due to Incarceration
| $17.907
| $22.819
| $24.236
| $25.678
| $26.949
| $28.877
| $31.477
| $33.515
| $35.601
|
| Police Services
| $5.348
| $6.915
| $7.618
| $8.057
| $7.898
| $9.017
| $9.501
| $9.824
| $10.189
|
| Legal System Costs
| $2.716
| $3.385
| $3.742
| $4.053
| $3.898
| $4.450
| $4.689
| $4.848
| $5.028
|
| State & Fed Corrections
| $7.495
| $8.974
| $9.669
| $10.955
| $10.901
| $11.104
| $11.519
| $11.748
| $11.990
|
| Local Corrections
| $1.333
| $1.638
| $1.823
| $1.951
| $1.822
| $1.836
| $1.734
| $1.634
| $1.599
|
| Federal Drug War Budget
| $11.9
| $12.2
| $12.2
| $13.3
| $13.4
| $15.2
| $15.8
| $17.7
| $18.5
|
| Private Legal Defense
| $0.365
| $0.458
| $0.493
| $0.500
| $0.483
| $0.554
| $0.573
| $0.581
| $0.591
|
| Drug Abuse Related Illness
| $14.205
| $16.220
| $18.204
| $19.817
| $21.997
| $21.128
| $24.175
| $24.832
| $25.435
|
| Crime Careers
| $19.198
| $23.277
| $22.521
| $22.536
| $25.782
| $28.227
| $25.725
| $26.424
| $27.066
|
| Total
| $80.467
| $95.886
| $100.506
| $106.847
| $115.575
| $120.393
| $125.193
| $131.106
| $136.179
|
Source: The Economic Costs of Drug Abuse in the United States,
ONDCP (Sep 2001)
2005 Update