... 1000 per pill. Hospitals do not typically make a habit of turning away sick people and most street IV drug users don't not have health insurance therefore cannot pay . When you consider the fact that someone must pay for their treatment one can understand the large financial strain on the ... an effective public health intervention that reduces the transmission of HIV and does not encourage the use of illegal drugs" (2). In a study conducted by Drug Policy Research Center and Health Program, they examined 340 high risk IV drug users over a period of one year. The process included a healt...

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... on treating drug abuse and drug prevention programs. The DEA says that legalizing drugs will cost society between $140 and $210 billion a year in lost productivity and job related accidents. Insurance companies would pass on those accident expenses to consumers. As for how much the government spends each year on drug addiction rehabilitation, that amount would only increase due to the ... of addiction and AIDS soon followed. In the Netherlands, official tolerance has led to significant increases in addiction. Amsterdam's officials blame the significant rise in crime on the liberal drug ...

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