US: The Real Cost Of The Opioid Epidemic: An Estimated $179 Billion In Just One Year (Includes audio)
KRCC – October 24, 2019
Then there are the costs for infants born dependent on opioids – what’s called neonatal abstinence syndrome. “The epidemic effect is starting to create a second generation that extends down to children and unfortunately newborns as well,” Hall says. In 2018 those costs were $800 million, but they estimate this year they could be almost $1 billion.
Also: Report: Economic Impact of Non-Medical Opioid Use in the United States: https://www.soa.org/resources/research-reports/2019/econ-impact-non-medical-opioid-use/

https://www.krcc.org/post/calculating-real-costs-opioid-epidemic