A study used state and national data to analyze the costs of opioid use disorder across federal, state, and local governments, businesses, households, society, and individuals and found that the crisis has cost more than $3.9 trillion nationally. Pennsylvania alone accounted for over $232 billion of that total.
The Center Square
Nation & World, News, PA State News
May 21, 2025
Report details financial toll of opioid use
HARRISBURG – Money spent addressing opioid use disorder last year accounts for 5% of Pennsylvania...


