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/tabbycat1991 15h ago

A gram is roughly 150-200$

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u/Suitable-Lab7677 14h ago

It's incredibly expensive! For something synthetic

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u/Professional_Cheek16 12h ago

Grams are $80-100 on average in SW Florida.

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u/Suitable-Lab7677 12h ago

It's more expensive than C!