The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends offering buprenorphine to teens addicted to opioids. But only 6% of pediatricians report ever doing so.
Drug overdose deaths continue to rise, breaking yet another record in 2022, according to new data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC reported that 107,941 ...
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Deadly, addictive fentanyl has certainly earned the spotlight when it comes to overdose deaths — but carnage from stimulants like methamphetamine and cocaine is rising at a much faster clip.
PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - A Portland man was sentenced to nine years in prison for selling fentanyl that led to the overdose death of a 17-year-old, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office ...
PORTLAND, Ore. — A fentanyl dealer was sentenced to federal prison on Wednesday for his connection with the overdose death of a Portland teen back in November 2022. Tanner Welsh, 21, of Portland ...
Kaylee Gain, the 16-year-old student who suffered a severe head injury in a fight with another teenage girl near Hazelwood East High School in St. Louis, Missouri, is still in the hospital ...
Drug overdose deaths in Bartholomew County so far this year have largely kept pace with last year, when fatal overdoses declined 36% to their lowest annual total since 2019. As of Wednesday, there ...
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Younger users' ignorance of risks associated with drugs' unpredictable dosage — the "chocolate chip cookie effect" — is one factor cited in death toll.
Credit: Getty Images. The surge in overdose deaths among teens is opening a new path to treatment: pediatricians. A doctor in Massachusetts shows how it works with a 17-year-old patient.