A new study sheds light on how the public health problem of opioid abuse is adding to the nation’s ballooning health care costs and who’s shouldering that burden.
The research comes as policymakers grapple with how to curb the increased abuse of opioids. State legislators in New York, Connecticut, Alaska and Pennsylvania have tried to take action by adding new resources to boost prevention and treatment. In addition, President Barack Obama laid out strategies intended to improve how