Colin Andrew Shapard, 23, was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in prison followed by three years of supervised ... he was already responsible for the deaths of two young teens.
A 17-year-old boy with shaggy blond hair stepped onto the scale at Tri-River Family Health Center in Uxbridge, Massachusetts.
The surge in overdose deaths among teens is opening a new path ... This seemed like a routine teen checkup, the kind that happens in thousands of pediatric practices across the US every day ...
The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends offering buprenorphine to teens addicted to opioids. But only 6% of pediatricians report ever doing so.
In a twisted, deadly development, drug use among adolescents has declined — but drug-associated deaths are up. The main culprits are fake Xanax, Adderall, or Percocet pills laced with the powerful ...
Tanner Welsh, 21, of Portland was sentenced to nine years and three years of ... percentage increase in overdose deaths nationwide Investigators also found that the teen exchanged several texts ...
Despite an overall decrease in drug use among teens compared to prior years, one startling trend accelerated – drug overdose deaths ... have shown that there are three particularly vulnerable ...
Despite an overall decrease in drug use among teens compared to prior years, one startling trend accelerated – drug overdose deaths ... have shown that there are three particularly vulnerable ...
Deadly, addictive fentanyl has certainly earned the spotlight when it comes to overdose ... Deaths related to psychostimulant use have more than doubled in California over just three years ...