(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.
The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends offering buprenorphine to teens addicted to opioids. But only 6% of pediatricians report ever doing so.
Despite an overall decrease in drug use among teens compared to prior years, one startling trend accelerated – drug overdose deaths. According to the latest available data from the Centers for ...
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 ...
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.
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A Portland man was sentenced Wednesday to nine years in prison for distributing fentanyl to a teenager who later died of an overdose. Tanner Welsh’s 108-month sentence ...
Across Canada, the burden of premature opioid-related deaths doubled between 2019 and 2021, representing more than ...
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.