Opioid overdoses cost local taxpayers more than $6 million last year, the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office announced Monday.

It did a study this year to determine a financial cost for the opioid epidemic.

The sheriff's office says there are a number of hidden costs, including salaries for first responders who respond to overdoses and medical bills.

Sheriff Todd Baxter said when the numbers are broken down, the cost per day alone is significant.  

"We're still losing every day and now we know what it rudimentary, conservatively costing us — and trust me that's a base, bottom number,” Sheriff Baxter said. “When it comes down to $17,500 every day, we should at least be aware of that too."

Monroe County's Heroin Task Force said there were more than 1,100 overdoes last year, with more than 160 of them fatal.