It's not about cost, it's about injured employee safety and improved claim outcomes.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there were approximately 100,306 deaths due to overdose in the United States during a 12-month period ending in April 2021, up almost 30% over the previous 12 month period. Opioid dispensing peaked in 2012 at more than 255 million before beginning to decline and in 2020 was approximately 142 million.