(Richmond)- A new report shows the monetary cost of the opioid epidemic in Virginia was more than $5 billion in 2021. Researchers from VCU’s Center on Society and Health and the Virginia Department of Health developed a opioid cost calculator. It was determined that in 2021 nearly 150,000 Virginians had an opioid use disorder and an average of more than 6 Virginians died of an opioid overdose per day.
