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Last updated on Thursday, May 17, 2018
(UNDATED) - Over the past 15 years, the number of opioid overdose deaths in Indiana has risen by more than 500 percent, while misuse of these drugs has cost the state a total of $43.3 billion, according to research from Indiana University.
In addition to the human cost, economic damage from the misuse of opioids in Indiana cost $4.3 billion last year and will exceed $4 billion again this year -- or about $11 million each day.
Direct costs are expected to top more than $1 billion in Indiana in 2018.
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