Economic Cost of Alcohol and Drug Abuse in the United States, 1992
May 1998
National Insitute on Drug Abuse, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
The Lewin Group developed estimates of the costs of drug and alcohol abuse in 1992 for The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA). The study estimated the economic cost to society from alcohol and drug abuse at $246 billion in 1992. Alcohol abuse and alcoholism cost an estimated $148 billion, while drug abuse and dependence cost an estimated $98 billion.