What are some of the costs of illicit drug use in the United States today? Which costs can be more easily reduced than others? How would you reduce the costs of illegal drug use?

What will be an ideal response?


Direct costs of illicit drug use include a variety of criminal justice system costs, such as the costs associated with investigation, arrest, adjudication, incarceration, parole, and probation. They also include crime victim and other crime costs. Indirect costs include health and health-care costs and the loss of productivity due to drug use.

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