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  • 023462

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  • Published 2008.
  • 11 pages.

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  • Cost Analysis
  • Drug Control Laws

Drug Law Reform 2008 -- Dramatic Costs Savings for New York State

Publication year: 2008 | Cataloged on: Dec. 31, 2008
ANNOTATION: Cost savings from the implementation of reforms to New York's Rockefeller Drug laws are determined. Sections following an executive summary include: in sum; background -- the problem; drug law reform efforts; methodology; results for the cost of incarceration, cost of treatment, DTAP screening costs, treatment graduation rates, collateral benefits, cost of failure; cost savings estimate; and conclusion. A savings of $270,279,000 a year is estimated.
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