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Eugene DePasquale: “The average cost of educating a child in Pennsylvania per…”

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Oh, no. No. The short answer to that is no, as I try to tell people. You know, the average cost of incarceration per inmate per year is about 50,000. The average cost of educating a child in Pennsylvania per child is about 15,000 per child per year. I know where I'd rather put my money and treatment itself. Again, even if you're not thinking about the person that has the addiction problem, even if you literally don't … (21:40–21:49)

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