Teen overdose deaths have doubled in three years, an alarming trend amid a historic decline in drug and alcohol use among high school students. The main reason is fentanyl. Teens consume the ...
Despite an overall decrease in drug use among teens compared to prior years, one startling trend accelerated – drug overdose ...
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Gavinn McKinney’s mother and one of his sisters hold hands after a February committee hearing at the Colorado state Capitol on the bill that McKinney inspired. (Rae Ellen Bichell/KFF Health News) ...
The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends offering buprenorphine, a medication that can help curb opioid cravings, to teens addicted to opioids. However, only 6% of pediatricians currently ...
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Marion County is the 19th worst county in the country for teen overdose deaths with a rate four times the national average, according to a new study. A study from the New ...
According to the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), there were 884 teen overdose deaths from illicit fentanyls and synthetics in 2021, up from 680 in 2020 and 253 in 2019.
CHARLESTON — West Virginia led the nation in drug overdose death rates in 2017, followed closely by Ohio and Pennsylvania, according to a study released this week by the Commonwealth Fund.
AUSTIN (KXAN) — On Tuesday, an 18-year-old was sentenced on a murder charge in connection with an April 2023 fentanyl overdose death. According to the Hays County Criminal District Attorney’s ...
Gavinn McKinney loved Nike shoes, fireworks and sushi. He was studying Potawatomi, one of the languages of his Native American heritage. He loved holding his niece and smelling her baby smell.
(The Hill) – Teen overdose deaths have doubled in three years, an alarming trend amid a historic decline in drug and alcohol use among high school students. The main reason is fentanyl.