One study from the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts found that the average costs of treating an opioid overdose victim in an intensive care unit jumped 58% between 2009 and 2015
2015 National Center for Injury Prevention and Control Study
In 2015 the average cost among 162 academic hospitals was $92,400 per patient in intensive care
The U.S. spent nearly $8 billion noncriminal justice-related costs due to selling and consuming opioids, which was almost entirely a cost to state and local governments
