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If we correct for overlap and apply conservative VSL values or QALY-based models without stacking them, most peer-reviewed studies estimate the true economic burden of the opioid epidemic in the range of $500 billion to $800 billion annually, not $2.7 trillion.

While credited by advocates with saving lives during the opioid epidemic, the programs remain controversial, with critics arguing they fuel addiction.

“Long Bright River” is set in Kensington, a neighborhood of the city known for being a hub of the opioid epidemic, and a place where Moore has both researched and volunteered for years now.

"The fentanyl and opioid epidemic is the worst I've ever seen. Fentanyl will get you so hooked that you have to get more. So they put it in everything."

Halting every fentanyl package from Canada would hardly make a dent in the U.S. opioid epidemic, but Trump’s tariffs will have a major negative effect on individual consumers, industry and the relationship between the two countries, she said.