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Opioid Overdoses in Children and Adolescents


Drug Surveillance | Georgia Department of Public Health

Starting in 2013, illicit opioids such as heroin and fentanyl drove the sharp increase in opioid-involved overdose deaths. Beginning in 2020, ...

Heroin Overdose-Related Child and Adolescent Hospitalizations

Objective: To evaluate the association between psychiatric comorbidities, substance use disorders and heroin overdose-related ...

More than 320,000 children lost a parent to drug overdoses in ... - NPR

New research documents how many children lost a parent to an opioid or other overdose in the period from 2011 to 2021.

Recent Trends in Mental Health and Substance Use Concerns ... - KFF

About 1 in 5 adolescents report symptoms of anxiety or depression, according to a KFF analysis of a new federal survey of teen health.

Adolescent Drug Overdose Fatalities May Have Decreased in 2023

Overall adolescent drug fatalities and the annual increase in deaths involving fentanyl slowed down in 2023 compared with 2022, with overall drug fatalities ...

Talking to kids about an overdose death

Overdose deaths are commonly associated with SUD, a chronic condition that can impact how someone acts and interacts with other people.

Fentanyl: The New Talk Between Parents and Teens - Cedars-Sinai

Parents have a new—and deadly—reason to sit down with their tweens and teens for a talk about drug abuse. The reason: fentanyl ...

Impact of Fentanyl on Pediatrics

And, although much work has been put forth to combat the opioid epidemic, a newer, more insidious problem is emerging - accidental overdoses and ...

How to Talk to Kids about Substance Use - Arlington County

It's never too early or too late to talk about substance use. According to SAMHSA children as young as 9 years old begin viewing alcohol in a more positive ...

Years of Life Lost to Unintentional Drug Overdose Rapidly Rising in ...

Synthetic opioids including primarily illicitly manufactured fentanyl contributed to 81% of overdose deaths and 68,356 YLL, compared to 67% ( ...

Data analysis sheds light on youth opioid overdose crisis

Drug overdose mortality has risen faster among adolescents than the general population in recent years, largely due to fentanyl, ...

More Kids Are Dying of Drug Overdoses. Could Pediatricians Do ...

The surge in overdose deaths among teens is opening a new path to treatment: pediatricians. A doctor in Massachusetts shows how it works ...

What You—and Your Family—Need to Know About Fentanyl

Between 2016 and 2021, fentanyl overdose deaths among children and teenagers under 18 increased more than sixfold, from 5 to 31. The danger to children, ...

Emergency department strategies to combat the opioid crisis ... - ACEP

Between 1999 and 2016, a total of 8986 children and adolescents (age < 20 years) died from prescription and illicit opioid poisonings, with the ...

Risk of illicit drug overdose in youth highlighted in national ...

The 2022 Canadian Paediatric Surveillance Program (CPSP) annual report includes a survey that gauged the minimum number of children and youth presenting with ...

Research Update: U.S. Sees Sharpest Increase in Child Mortality in ...

Drug overdoses. Previous research shows that pediatric deaths due to drug overdoses have been increasing. This study finds that unintentional ...

Opioid Epidemic Family Impact - KidCentral TN

Overdose related to prescription opioids and heroin remain high and are increasingly mixed with illicit fentanyl. All ages and communities are affected by ...

Fentanyl is killing kids. State lawmakers are searching for answers.

Fentanyl's toll now includes a growing number of children. Desperate to keep the deadly synthetic opioid out of the hands of kids, Texas lawmakers enacted ...

Nonfatal opioid overdoses in youth spiked dur - EurekAlert!

Drug overdose mortality has risen faster among adolescents than the general population in recent years, largely due to fentanyl, ...

H. R. 5625 - Congress.gov

101. Synthetic opioid misuse and overdose education, awareness, and pre- vention pilot program. Sec. 102. Authorization of appropriations; ...