GPA assumes a grading scale of A, B, C, D, F. Each grade is assigned a number of grade points. An A grade receives 4 points, a B=3, a C=2, a D=1, and an F=0. The process is the same whether you are working on secondary or college grades.f you take a three unit class and receive an A grade, you receive 3 units times 4 points (for the A), which gives a total of 12 grade points for the course.
Prescription opioid overdose, abuse, and dependence carries high costs for American society, with an estimated total economic burden of $78.5 billion, according to a study in the October issue of Medical Care. The journal is published by Wolters Kluwer.
The latest of these reports, which dates back to 2004, estimates that illegal drug use costs society $181 billion each year in combined expenditures for health care, enforcement of drug laws, crimes committed by addicts and abusers, lost productivity, and jail and prison facilities for drug offenders.