In England alcohol related deaths and hospital visits are at emergency levels says health professionals via The Christian Institute:

"Senior health professionals have said the impact of alcohol is “becoming a public health emergency” and called for tough legislative changes to combat the wide availability of cheap drink....A study conducted by the Alcohol and Health Research Unit at the University of the West of England found that nearly 9,000 people die from alcohol-related diseases, a three-fold increase in the last 25 years....The figures of hospital admissions were compiled by the North West Public Health Observatory. Researchers found that 863,257 patients sought hospital treatment for alcohol-related harm in 2007-08. This was an eight per cent increase on the previous year, the equivalent of 176 extra admissions every day....Annual NHS expenditure to counter alcohol misuse is estimated at £2.7 billion, while last year the Government estimated that alcohol costs the economy between £17.7 billion and £25.1 billion a year."

Related: British Prime Minister admits that 24 hour drinking law introduced by his party in '05 is "not working".
BBCNews and The Christian Institute report on Conservative party leader witnessing the alcohol relating crime problem in the UK

In Scotland "The drug problem in Scotland is totting up an annual bill of almost £3.5 billion in social costs and money flowing to the black market, according to new Scottish Government research. Drug costs relating to social factors such as NHS treatment, the criminal justice system and social care amounted to the equivalent of £400,000 an hour."-The Christian Institute.

In the US the Health Care Bill under the Senate Finance Committee would allow insurance companies to charge extra premiums for tobacco users up to 50% higher while marijuana and crack cocaine smokers they could not penalize. This is an example of how governmental regulations drive health insurance premiums up for all (for another way see post at Average cost of health care insurance varies from $3000 to $12,000 a year depending on which state you live in. Why?). This is also an example of how health insurance can become itself addicting if there are no consequences to one's actions in health care premiums. Either way you look at it it is clear that these regulations will inevitably lead to higher costs for all and so then we can not complain about higher costs if we are on the other hand for such regulations.

The current health care reform will inevitably lead to higher costs. The above links and post give some examples why but do watch below video from the Senate floor on the 27th over the issue of whether or not the current health care bill will or will not reduce health care costs. Give a listen and notice how the democrats respond to the claims which begins at about 54:15 and notice no rebuttal to the claim that health care costs will increase under the Senate bill.