Lost productivity related to substance use cost $22.4 billion in 2020
The new Canadian Substance Use Costs and Harms (CSUCH) report states that substance use cost the Canadian economy $49.1 billion in 2020. Lost productivity attributable to substance use cost $22.4 billion or 45.6% of the total costs.
The other three cost categories are:
- Healthcare — $13.4 billion in costs or 27.3% of the total costs
- Criminal Justice — $10.0 billion in costs or 20.3% of the total costs
- Other Direct Costs — $3.3 billion in costs or 6.7% of the total costs
Visit the CSUCH website for additional data on the costs and harms related to substance use in Canada. You can also produce customized analyses of the data using the CSUCH online data visualization tool.
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