Idaho
State Facts
Deaths, or 60% of all overdose deaths in the year ending April 2025 involved opioids.¹
Claims, or 5.2% of all Medicare Part D claims were for opioids in 2023 – an average of 55 per prescriber.²
Opioid Prescriptions were written for every 100 persons in Idaho in 2023.3
the estimated total societal cost of opioid use disorder (OUD) in Idaho in 2024.⁴
Opioid Settlement Funds
For fiscal year 2026, the Idaho Behavioral Health Council recommends increasing the supply of behavioral health professionals as the top priority for spending. Additional priorities include funding prevention and housing as well as supportive services for individuals in treatment or recovery.
1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2025). Provisional Drug Overdose Death Counts. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/drug-overdose-data.htm
2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2025). Medicare Part D Opioid Prescribing Mapping Tool. https://cms-oeda.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapSeries/index.html?appid=5390718d875d4c049b1ac5976a9ff083
3. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2025). Opioid Dispensing Rate Maps. https://www.cdc.gov/overdose-prevention/data-research/facts-stats/opioid-dispensing-rate-maps.html
4. Avalere Health (2025). The cost of addiction: Opioid use disorder in the United States. https://advisory.avalerehealth.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Avalere-Health-White-Paper_The-cost-of-opioid-addiction_OUD-in-the-United-States.pdf
































































