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Cost of substance use in Canada tops $38 billion, with alcohol and tobacco on top

June 27, 2018 By fasd-admin

The economic cost of substance use in Canada in 2014 was $38.4 billion, or about $1,100 for every Canadian, and came with a staggering toll of 67,515 deaths, says a report released Tuesday.

http://www.ccdus.ca/Resource%20Library/CSUCH-Canadian-Substance-Use-Costs-Harms-News-Release-2018-en.pdf

The Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction partnered with the Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research to examine the data and estimate the harms of substance use based on health, justice, lost productivity and other costs.

While researchers acknowledged that Canada is in the middle of a crisis because of illicit opioid overdose deaths, their study concluded that two-thirds of substance use costs are associated with alcohol and tobacco.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/cost-of-substance-use-in-canada-tops-38-billion-with-booze-and-tobacco-on-top-1.3989126

 

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