Non-fatal opioid-related overdoses among adolescents in Massachusetts 2012 –2014

The opioid epidemic in the United States has not spared adolescents. Between 1993 and 2010, emergency department visits for opioid-related overdose increased 1188% for those younger than 20 (Hasegawa et al., 2014), and annual opioid-related overdose deaths among 15-19 year-olds increased 2.3-fold from 1999 to 2015 (Curtin et al., 2017).

Source: Drug and Alcohol Dependence - October 25, 2018 Category: Addiction Authors: Avik Chatterjee, Marc R. Larochelle, Ziming Xuan, Na Wang, Dana Bernson, Michael Silverstein, Scott E. Hadland, Thomas Land, Jeffrey H. Samet, Alexander Y. Walley, Sarah M. Bagley Tags: Short communication Source Type: research