"The US spent an estimated $246 billion on alcohol-and drug-related problems in 1992, the most recent year for which such figures are available, according to a report released Wednesday by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland." (US spending more on drug and alcohol abuse, Reuters, May 13, 1998)

"‘We cannot put a monetary value on the human lives and suffering associated with alcohol and other drug problems,’ said Stark, (Director of Department of Alcohol and Substance Abuse (DASA) ‘but we know the child welfare and court costs needed to deal with the consequences of these problems are substantial.’" (Alcohol, drugs linked to crime, violence, Skamania County Pioneer, January 14, 1998)

"In Washington state, costs of alcohol and other drug-related crimes, including crimes of violence, was estimated to be $348 million in 1990."(Alcohol, drugs linked to crime, violence, Skamania County Pioneer, January 14, 1998)

"Some of the effects of drug and alcohol abuse are: one-third of infants born to Medicaid women diagnosed as substance abusers were reported as victims in child protective services cases before they were two years old; 60 percent of abusers in domestic violence cases in which charges were filed were reported to be under the influence, according to a 1987 study; In 1992, 47.3 percent of all traffic fatalities in the state involved a driver who had been drinking; 31 percent of alcohol-related fatal collisions involved a driver under the age of 24." (Alcohol, drugs linked to crime, violence, Skamania County Pioneer, January 14, 1998)