This damage total is only 6% of the thirty-year. average (1982 - 2011) of $8.20 billion (adjusted to 2012 inflation). There were 34. flood-related deaths ( 36% of the 30-year average of 95). Of these fatalities, 25. were vehicle related incidents, and 24 were attributed to flash flood events. As Water Year 2012 brought heat and drought to most of the nation, it also. brought an abrupt reversal to the record-breaking flood damages recorded in.
As part of the War on Drugs, the US spends approximately $500 million per year on aid for Colombia, largely used to combat guerrilla groups such as FARC that are involved in the illegal drug trade.ccording to a 2008 study published by Harvard economist Jeffrey A. Miron, the annual savings on enforcement and incarceration costs from the legalization of drugs would amount to roughly $41.3 billion, with $25.7 billion being saved among the states and over $15.6 billion accrued for the federal government.
These costs don't include many other harmful effects of the war on drugs that are difficult to quantify. For example, over the past 40 years the fraction of students who have dropped out of American high schools has remained large, at about 25%.hough the decriminalization of drug use would have many benefits, it would not, by itself, reduce many of the costs of the war on drugs, since those involve actions against traffickers. These costs would not be greatly reduced unless selling drugs was also decriminalized.