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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2017 Feb 16;41(4):758–768. doi: 10.1111/acer.13337

Table 2.

Costs of Substance Abuse by Class of Substance and Cost Category, California, 2010

Cost Category Alcohol Illicit Drugs Total % of Total

Medical $8,331,000,000 $4,006,000,000 $12,337,000,000 7.1%
Wage Work $17,335,000,000 $5,321,000,000 $22,657,000,000 13.1%
Household Work $6,819,000,000 $1,848,000,000 $8,667,000,000 5.0%
Public Services $1,328,000,000 $3,352,000,000 $4,680,000,000 2.7%
Property Damage $1,791,000,000 $425,000,000 $2,216,000,000 1.3%
Miscellaneous Motor Vehicle $1,925,000,000 $122,000,000 $2,046,000,000 1.2%

Subtotal: Tangible Costs $37,529,000,000 $15,074,000,000 $52,603,000,000 30.5%

Quality of Life $91,195,000,000 $28,821,000,000 $120,016,000,000 69.6%

Total $128,724,000,000 $43,895,000,000 $172,619,000,000 100.0%