This isn't data so I'm not refuting you, but I have several EMT acquaintances and basically all their stories are about repeat opiate addicts getting revived ag

This isn't data so I'm not refuting you, but I have several EMT acquaintances and basically all their stories are about repeat opiate addicts getting revived again and again until they are dead a few months later. Ignoring the deaths, the economic drain of having so many people addicted to drugs and being unemployed/working at low function likely has had massive effects that are very difficult to measure.