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Issue Brief #3: Investing in Addiction Treatment—Healthcare Costs the U.S. Cannot Afford to Ignore
December 2009
The costs of untreated addiction to the U.S. health care system are astonishing and growing; with treatment those costs can be dramatically reduced.


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Issue Brief #4: Investing in Addiction Treatment—Social Costs the U.S. Cannot Afford to Ignore
December 2009
Treatment is known to increase productivity, decrease crime, improve family and community situations, reduce demand for public services (from child welfare and family support to public safety), lower health care costs, and save lives.

Issue Brief #2: Defining the Addiction Treatment Gap
December 2009
Right now more than 23 million Americans suffer from alcohol and drug addiction and need treatment; only one in 10 of them (2.4 million) gets the treatment they need.

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