Per capita by states on substance abuse:

Alabama, $277

Alaska, $532

Arizona, $205

Arkansas, $206

California, $340

Colorado, $217

Connecticut, $267

Delaware, $500

District of Columbia, $812

Florida, $215

Georgia, $210

Hawaii, $368

Idaho, $196

Illinois, $239

Iowa, $257

Kansas, $223

Kentucky, $245

Louisiana, $243

Maryland, $253

Massachusetts, $442

Michigan, $282

Minnesota, $433

Mississippi, $178

Missouri, $254

Montana, $291

Nebraska, $176

Nevada, $282

New Jersey, $252

New Mexico, $271

New York, $478

North Dakota, $155

Ohio, $263

Oklahoma, $213

Oregon, $278

Pennsylvania, $292

Puerto Rico, $235

Rhode Island, $303

South Carolina, $158

South Dakota, $176

Tennessee, $173

Utah, $242

Vermont, $229

Virginia, $267

Washington, $269

West Virginia, $187

Wisconsin, $273

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Wyoming, $240

State Average, $299

Note: Indiana, Maine, New Hampshire, North Carolina and Texas did not provide complete information for the study and are not included in this list. An estimate of their substance abuse spending is $13.7 billion, which added to the figures from the 47 listed jurisdictions totals $81.3 billion.

Source: National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University.

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