3079.0: Monday, November 13, 2000: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM

Costs of Alcohol and Drug Abuse

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement.
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
Moderator(s):Kathy Magruder, DrPH
2:30 PMRe-examining the social cost of drug-related crime: chronic drug users as victims and perpetrators
Michael T. French, PhD, Kathryn E. McCollister, PhD, Dale D. Chitwood, PhD, Clyde B McCoy, PhD
2:48 PMThe Costs of Crime and the Benefits of Substance Abuse Treatment for Pregnant Women
Marilyn Daley, PhD, Milton Argeriou, PhD, McCarty Dennis, PhD, Donald Shepard, PhD
3:06 PMDrug treatment need and health services utilization: A statewide hospital emergency department study
Ian R.H. Rockett, PhD, MPH, Sandra L. Putnam, PhD, Haomiao Jia, PhD, Daniel Brookoff, MD
3:24 PMEconomic Costs of Substance Abuse in Washington State: Changes from 1990 to 1996
Thomas M Wickizer
3:42 PMLife expectancy and productivity loss among narcotics addicts
Breda Smyth, MDMPH, Yih-Ing Hser, PhD
Sponsor:Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs
Cosponsors:Mental Health; Women's Caucus

The 128th Annual Meeting of APHA