World War I officially ended with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles on June 28, 1919. Negotiated among the Allied powers with little participation by Germany, its 15 parts and 440 articles reassigned German boundaries and assigned liability for reparations.orld War I officially ended with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles on June 28, 1919. Negotiated among the Allied powers with little participation by Germany, its 15 parts and 440 articles reassigned German boundaries and assigned liability for reparations.
So, add that $30.7 billion that the states will spend, to the federal amount of $23.44 billion and you'll get $54.14 billion total, which means that the War on Drugs will cost American taxpayers... The Drug War Cost Clock, at the top of this page, will click over that amount every second, as long as this page is open.
The new report from IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics found total spending on medications dropped to $325.8 billion last year from $329.2 billion in 2011. Likewise, average spending per person on medicines fell by $33, to $898 last year, according to the report.That's the first time IMS has ever measured the decline in the 58 years we've been monitoring drugs, Michael Kleinrock, director of research development at the institute, told The Associated Press.hat savings was partly offset by the introduction of a big number of breakthrough drugs that are very expensive, drugmakers raising prices on existing medicines and population growth. Back in 1957, the first year IMS studied, total U.S. drug spending was only $1.9 billion.