[The analysis of main causes of increasing of cost of social aftermath of drug addiction in the region according to results of repeated evaluation].

UNLABELLED: The article presents an attempt to evaluate what factors could contribute into significant changes of both amount and structure of social cost of drug consumption in the region. The analysis, based on preserved basic principles of assessment, was applied to processes that occurred in both state and non-state spheres. The purpose of the study was to analyze main causes of dynamics of social cost of drug consumption during re-assessment.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: The social cost of drug consumption in the Samara Oblast was re-assessed in 2017-2020 (first assessment was implemented in 2007-2010). The main causes of increasing of social cost of drug consumption were analyzed on the basis of the study results.

RESULTS: In Samara Oblast, due to financial and structural changes in state and non-state spheres, occurred increasing of social cost of drug consumption from 18.0 billion to 25.4 billion rubles per year. At that, percentage of social cost of drug consumption in the gross domestic product decreased from 2.9% to 1.6%. In general structure of expenses greatest changes affected percentage of social aftermath of drug addiction (increase from 17.8% to 26.1%) and expenses of drug consumers (decrease from 69.7% to 62.3%).

CONCLUSIONS: The increase of absolute values of financial expenditures of the Oblast related to drug consumption conditioned by financial and structural changes in society, is accompanied by decreasing of percentage of ocial cost of drug consumption in value of gross domestic product. The main cause of its dynamics is significant increasing of gross regional product.