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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 3.

Government’s Substance Abuse Bill by Cost Category and Level of Government, California, 2010

State/Local Federal Total

Alcohol
 MediCal $916,000,000 $2,333,000,000 $3,249,000,000
 Tax Loss $735,000,000 $1,540,000,000 $2,275,000,000
 Public Services $1,328,000,000 $0 $1,328,000,000
Total $2,980,000,000 $3,873,000,000 $6,852,000,000

Drugs
 MediCal $441,000,000 $1,122,000,000 $1,562,000,000
 Tax Loss $226,000,000 $473,000,000 $698,000,000
 Public Services $3,352,000,000 $0 $3,352,000,000
Total $4,018,000,000 $1,595,000,000 $5,613,000,000

Sum: Alcohol + Drug
 MediCal $1,357,000,000 $3,454,000,000 $4,811,000,000
 Tax Loss $961,000,000 $2,013,000,000 $2,974,000,000
 Public Services $4,680,000,000 $0 $4,680,000,000
Total $6,998,000,000 $5,467,000,000 $12,465,000,000