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Tobacco most expensive drug

NUNATSIAQ NEWS

Overall, The Costs of Substance Abuse in Canada estimates that booze, drugs and tobacco cost Canadians about $39.8 billion in 2002. That's 40 times the amount of money the Government of Nunavut spends each year.

That adds up to $1,267 per person:

• tobacco cost the most, at $541 per person;
• alcohol cost $463 per person;
• and illegal drugs cost $262 per person.

Out of the total costs to Canada:

• productivity losses made up 61 per cent of costs;
• direct health care costs made up 22 per cent of costs;
• policing costs made up 14 per cent of costs;
• and other costs made up the remaining 3 per cent.

Source: The Costs of Substance Abuse in Canada 2002, Highlights.

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