Question

the cost of drug use for the public involves all the following except:
a. increase in healthcare costs
b. increase in law enforcement costs
c. decrease in prevention and treatment costs
d. all of the above

Explanation:

Drug use raises public healthcare costs for treating related illnesses, increases law enforcement costs for anti-drug efforts, and requires more (not less) spending on prevention and treatment. Thus, a decrease in these costs is not a public cost of drug use.

Answer:

C. decrease in prevention and treatment costs