The Public Cost Of Heroin: $51,000 A Year Per User, UIC Study Says

By DNAinfo Staff

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THE LOOP — Heroin users in the United States cost society about $51,000 per year in terms of treatment, infectious disease, prison and lost productivity, a team at the University of Illinois Chicago has determined.

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