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U.N. Report:  Drug Prevention Programs Return $10 Per Dollar Invested

newswise.com - February 2009

Two Iowa State University researchers have given communities worldwide good reason to implement substance abuse prevention programs. They're economically beneficial, with a nearly $10 return for every dollar invested in prevention.

Richard Spoth, director of the (PPSI) at Iowa State, and Max Guyll, ISU assistant professor of psychology, presented that message to substance abuse experts representing approximately 100 countries at a conference in Vienna, Austria, co-sponsored by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the World Health Organization back in December.

"We showed how prevention can be particularly economically beneficial," Spoth said.

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