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DRUG USE
Table 13. Summary of the Monetary Value of Saving a High-Risk Youth
($ Thousands)
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Total costs
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Present value with 2% discount rate
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Present value with 10% discount
rate
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Career criminal
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1,200�1,500
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1,000�1,300
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650�850
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Heavy drug user
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435�1,051
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333�809
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159�391
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High school dropout
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563�900
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291�466
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24�38
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LESS duplication (crimes
committed by heavy drug users)
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(252�696)
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(196�540)
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(96�264)
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Total
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1,900�2,700
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1,500�2,000
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700�1,000
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Note: Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding.
Source: Cohen, Mark, The Monetary Value of Saving a High Risk Youth (1995).
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