Impact

How your money helps.

Cost of Substance Abuse to Society.

A study conducted by the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction estimated that the overall cost of substance abuse to Canadians (in 2020) totaled $49.1 billion dollars. In Alberta, this cost was $7.2 billion— which amounts to approximately $1,638 per person in Alberta (regardless of age).

Substance abuse and addiction have significant consequences for society as a whole, with the potential to impact crime rates, child abuse and neglect, hospitalization, homelessness, incarceration, and more.

In 2020, crimes linked to drug use or drug-related laws cost the Canadian justice system $10 billion. This made up about 20.3% of the total cost of $49.1 billion. This came out to around $262 for each person in Canada. In short, this cost to society is significant!

Social Return on Investment.

When a donation is made to Simon House, the support is never confined only to one individual. When donors give, they are also providing support and relief to every individual connected to a person in treatment at Simon House.

We return sons to parents, brothers to their siblings, husbands to their wives, fathers to their children, and tax-paying, pro-social employees to their employers and community.

Simon House can house individuals, support them in their pursuit of recovery, and return them to the workforce while keeping them out of jail and hospital for under $65,000 per year.***

***Simon House currently offers an 84-day treatment program to its clients at a cost of $175 dollars per day. This means that the program cost per client is less than $15,000.

Additional resources: Canadian Substance Use Costs and Harm