Opioid epidemic may have cost states at least $130 billion in treatment and related expenses – and that's just the tip of the iceberg
- Written by Joel Segel, Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Administration, Pennsylvania State University
Every state bears the burden of the opioid crisis. Digital Deliverance/Shutterstock.comThe devastating health effects of the opioid epidemic have been well documented, with over 700,000 overdose deaths and millions more affected.
And Americans are learning more every day about the role drug companies and distributors played in flooding towns and...
