Question: Kleber and Califano refute the claim that healthcare costs would decrease with the legalization of illegal drugs. They use costs associated with alcohol to illustrate this point by citing that approximately $_______ in state and federal revenues from alcohol taxes in 1995 paid for only _______ the costs that alcohol abuse imposes in direct health care costs:
Answer:
- 20 billion; one half
- 920 million; one half
- 20 billion; one quarter
- 40 billion; two thirds