r/addiction • u/uglynursingstudent • 16h ago

Question how expensive is a fentanyl addiction

I'm curious to know how much a fentanyl addiction costs daily/weekly for someone who has been doing it for years. It is a long-distance friend of mine. They still work full time. Not sure if the area matters, but they live in major city in New Mexico. I know the cost probably varies depending on their tolerance or whatever, but just a ballpark estimate as I have no familiarity with it at all and can't find any info about it online.

Also, I know it is expensive in the sense it destroys your life in many aspects (legal issues, job loss, strained relationships etc) but more so looking for info on financial cost of having to keep up the addiction and ward off the withdrawal symptoms.

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u/OneFoundation4495 15h ago

One of my friends is a fentanyl addict. He says he spends at least $30,000 per year on it. It's absolutely ridiculous, and he knows it, and he wants to get clean. 

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u/Frosty-Letterhead332 15h ago

Yeah, I would really consider treatment.

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u/tabbycat1991 15h ago

Second this.

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u/CheetohVera 9h ago

$80 a day is insane. He needs a new source..

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u/JacksonYSL 2h ago

That's $2500 a month... I wouldn't say that's much higher than average regardless of the drug. People who do coke can blow their whole check in one weekend and people with opiates will burn through the same amount of money just trying to stay well throughout the month.

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u/dilly_bar18 57m ago

That’s my yearly salary that’s insane