(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.
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 ...
On his 15th birthday, the Durango, Colorado, teen spent a cold December afternoon chopping ... Friedman identified Colorado as a hot spot for high school-aged adolescent overdose deaths, with a ...
It can be very discouraging, and just seeing the needle move a little bit over three years ... deaths declining through most of the 2010s. Total overdose deaths in Ventura County nearly doubled ...
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.
the teen was pronounced dead shortly afterward. CrimeNJ doctor shuts office, gives up practice after allegation of improperly prescribing drugs Signs of a possible drug overdose were observed ...
West Virginia’s drug overdose death rate has skyrocketed since 2005 when it averaged 10.5 deaths per 100,000 residents. The rate has nearly doubled ... over the past three years.
On his 15th birthday, the Durango teen spent a cold December afternoon ... as a hot spot for high school-aged adolescent overdose deaths, with a mortality rate more than double that of the nation ...
While hanging out with friends at a sleepover on Jan. 21 in Tacoma, Adrian Gunter died of an accidental overdose from ... cause of injury deaths for people 15-24 years old.” ...
(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.