Massive Costs of the US Opioid Epidemic in Lives and Dollars
Jose Luis Vazquez Martinez
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Source: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2780313
The estimated economic costs of the US opioid epidemic topped $1 trillion in 2017, with hard-hit states in the Ohio Valley and the Northeast bearing the highest per capita burdens, according to a pair of CDC analyses.