Document Type

Report

The Cost of Alcohol and Drug Abuse in Maine, 2010

Authors

Anne L. Rogers, Maine Office of Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Marcella H. Sorg, University of Maine - MainFollow
Jamie A. Wren, University of Maine - Main

Publisher

Maine Office of Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services

Publication Date

4-2013

Publisher location

Augusta, Maine

Abstract/ Summary

Summary findings

• In 2010, the total estimated cost of substance abuse in Maine was $1.403 billion.

• This $1.403 billion translates into a cost equaling $1,057 for every resident of Maine.

• This was a 56.2% increase from 2005.

• Substance abuse treatment ($47.0 million) comprised the smallest proportion of total cost (3.4%), while mortality, $409.6 million, comprised the largest proportion of costs (24.8%).

Repository Citation

Rogers, Anne L.; Sorg, Marcella H.; and Wren, Jamie A., "The Cost of Alcohol and Drug Abuse in Maine, 2010" (2013). Anthropology Faculty Scholarship. 21.
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/ant_facpub/21

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