United States opioid epidemic annual cost from 2001 to 2020
In 2017, the opioid epidemic in the United States was estimated to have cost 115 billion U.S. dollars. The annual cost of the opioid epidemic is predicted to rise to just under 200 billion dollars by the year 2020. The cost of the opioid epidemic results from factors such as lost productivity due to fatalities and injuries, health care costs, and criminal justice costs.
