Office of National Drug Control Policy -- 2003 National Drug Control Strategy

Table 35. Summary of the Monetary Value of Saving a High-Risk Youth ($ Thousands)

	Total costs	Present value with 2% discount rate	Present value with 10% discount rate
Career criminal	1,200–1,500	1,000–1,300	650–850
Heavy drug user	435–1,051	333–809	159–391
High school dropout	563–900	291–466	24–38
LESS duplication (crimes committed by heavy drug users)	(252–696)	(196–540)	(96–264)
Total	1,900–2,700	1,500–2,000	700–1,000
Note: Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding. Source: Cohen, Mark, The Monetary Value of Saving a High Risk Youth (1995).