… The economic cost to society from alcohol abuse and alcoholism in the United States was
an estimated $148 billion in 1992. When adjusted for inflation and population, the estimates …

… methods used in obtaining the cost estimates. The methodology currently employed by NIAAA
in measuring the economic cost of alcohol abuse is that of "opportunity cost." The concept …

… Resources are used or foregone as a consequence of alcohol abuse. This article provides
an estimate of the economic cost of alcohol abuse in Ontario in 1992. It uses the cost-of-…

… of the economic burden of alcohol and drug abuse and smoking in 1995. Included are the
direct medical care expenditures and indirect costs … The highest costs are for alcohol abuse at …

… ofMinnesota, recognizing alcohol abuse as a … the economic and socialimpact of alcohol
abuse on the state. We examined three areas of alcohol-related disease impact: mortality costs, …

… and indirect costs of alcohol abuse and presents the estimates for 1985. The Sime methodology
was used to estinnate the costs of other drug abus and mental illness in the larger study …

… $85.8 billion for alcohol abuse, $58.3 billion for drug abuse, and … abuse core costs and
60 percent of the alcohol abuse core costs, reflecting the high prevalence of drug and alcohol …

… as a policy response, the taxes paid by nonabusers are appropriately considered to be a
real economic cost resulting from alcohol abuse. As we have not attempted to incorporate these …

… And several government-commissioned estimates of the economic costs of alcohol abuse
have asserted that these costs are predominantly the result of reduced productivity. Curiously, …

… Since alcoholism and alcohol abuse are the number one … , and economic costs
associated with alcohol abuse are … collected on alcohol consumption patterns, alcohol-associated …