Opioid epidemic may have cost US governments $37.8 billion in tax revenue
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/04/190411131516.htm
Additionally, the researchers found that Pennsylvania was one of the states with the most lost revenue, with approximately $638.2 million lost to income and sales tax. The study looked at data between 2000 and 2016.
Joel Segel, assistant professor of Health Policy and Administration, said that the results -- recently published in the journal Medical Care -- could help governments that are hoping to make up for lost revenue.