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Doing Drugs and Dropping Out: A Report Prepared for the Use of the Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Trade, and Taxes of the Joint Economic Committee, Congress of the United States. 102d Congress, 1st Session.
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Joint Economic Committee, Washington, DC. – 1991
This report assesses the societal costs of substance abuse--especially cocaine and crack addition--and dropping out of school. It is organized around three themes: (1) the impact of cocaine and crack abuse in terms of crime, public spending, and lost productivity; (2) policies that move addicts away from crack; and (3) policies that reduce the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Cocaine, Costs, Crack