{"id":593,"date":"2017-08-01T11:24:02","date_gmt":"2017-08-01T18:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wysac.uwyo.edu\/wysac\/?p=593"},"modified":"2025-07-07T12:31:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T18:31:11","slug":"the-value-of-prevention-potential-cost-savings-from-delaying-youth-alcohol-use-in-wyoming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wysac.uwyo.edu\/wysac\/projects\/the-value-of-prevention-potential-cost-savings-from-delaying-youth-alcohol-use-in-wyoming\/","title":{"rendered":"The Value of Prevention: Potential Cost Savings from Delaying Youth Alcohol Use in Wyoming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Value of Prevention - WYSAC\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/V0BSw-rGC-4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In 2017, economists at WYSAC completed a study of the value of prevention in Wyoming. This research began in 2012 when WYSAC was able to estimate the societal cost of alcohol in Wyoming at $843 million in 2010. Researchers also knew than since the prevention of underage drinking began in 2001, Wyoming communities have contributed to a 40% decrease in past month alcohol use by teenagers.<\/p>\n<p>Putting these together and using peer reviewed literature on delaying the onset of alcohol use, WYSAC estimates that, in 2014 alone, local efforts prevented 389 students from developing alcohol use disorders. This saves Wyoming $122 million over the lives of those individuals.<\/p>\n<p><span data-teams=\"true\">To read the full report go to <a id=\"menur2q9\" class=\"fui-Link ___1q1shib f2hkw1w f3rmtva f1ewtqcl fyind8e f1k6fduh f1w7gpdv fk6fouc fjoy568 figsok6 f1s184ao f1mk8lai fnbmjn9 f1o700av f13mvf36 f1cmlufx f9n3di6 f1ids18y f1tx3yz7 f1deo86v f1eh06m1 f1iescvh fhgqx19 f1olyrje f1p93eir f1nev41a f1h8hb77 f1lqvz6u f10aw75t fsle3fq f17ae5zn\" title=\"https:\/\/wysac.uwyo.edu\/wysac\/reports\/view\/5556\" href=\"https:\/\/wysac.uwyo.edu\/wysac\/reports\/View\/5556\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Link https:\/\/wysac.uwyo.edu\/wysac\/reports\/View\/5556\">https:\/\/wysac.uwyo.edu\/wysac\/reports\/View\/5556<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2017, economists at WYSAC completed a study of the value of prevention in Wyoming. This research began in 2012 when WYSAC was able to estimate the societal cost of alcohol in Wyoming at $843 million in 2010. Researchers also knew than since the prevention of underage drinking began in 2001, Wyoming communities have contributed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":598,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[217,216,98,16,215],"coauthors":[167,94,206],"class_list":["post-593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-projects","tag-analysis","tag-cost-benefit-analysis","tag-health","tag-prevention","tag-underage-drinking","post_format-post-format-video","clients-wyoming-department-of-health","clients-wyoming-prevention-management-organization","project_type-video"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wysac.uwyo.edu\/wysac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wysac.uwyo.edu\/wysac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wysac.uwyo.edu\/wysac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wysac.uwyo.edu\/wysac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wysac.uwyo.edu\/wysac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=593"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/wysac.uwyo.edu\/wysac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2208,"href":"https:\/\/wysac.uwyo.edu\/wysac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593\/revisions\/2208"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wysac.uwyo.edu\/wysac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wysac.uwyo.edu\/wysac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wysac.uwyo.edu\/wysac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wysac.uwyo.edu\/wysac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=593"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wysac.uwyo.edu\/wysac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}