I think you have to look at addictions as a systems issue. I think we can look at the numbers and certainly generate the stats, but this is a very complex issue. For example, the cost impacts of alcoholism or marijuana misuse is, in some cases.... I don't like to use the comparison, because it's all bad, but when you talk about fentanyl and the types of opiates that are wreaking havoc on our communities, the cost is enormous.
I would also suggest there may be a need to start drawing some correlations among poverty, nutrition, diabetes, and addiction. If we have elevating rates of diabetes, chances are we're going to have elevated rates of addiction as well. That's just my comment.