Opioid crisis cost US more than $1 trillion since 2001

By Robert King

Published February 13, 2018 3:05pm ET

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Opioid crisis cost US more than $1 trillion since 2001 — The analysis released Tuesday estimates that the cost of the opioid crisis increased from $29.1 billion in 2001 to $115 billion in 2017. It comes as Congress is adding more money to fight the epidemic. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File) | Ted S. Warren

America’s opioid epidemic has cost the country more than $1 trillion from 2001 to 2017 and could cost another $500 billion by 2020, a new analysis found.

The analysis released Tuesday from consulting firm Altarum estimates the cost of the opioid crisis increased from $29.1 billion in 2001 to $115 billion in 2017. It comes as Congress is adding more money to fight the epidemic.

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