by John Rubino
Dollar Collapse
Drug overdoses are costing the U.S. economy $1 trillion a year, government report estimates
Fatal opioid overdoses are thought to be costing the U.S. economy $1 trillion each year, government officials have said.
In a report published Tuesday by the bipartisan U.S. Commission on Combating Synthetic Opioid Trafficking, it was revealed that synthetic opioids — primarily fentanyl — were responsible for almost two in three reported drug overdose deaths in the U.S. in the year to June 2021.