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Each day I interact with individuals, including teens, whose lives have been affected by heroin use. I bear witness to pain, loss, family disintegration, shame, and hopelessness. Yet I also see the miracle of change. Despite recent media attention and increasing public awareness, opiate addiction is not a new phenomenon. Over the past few years, articles about the increasing incidence of opiate overdoses have dominated the news. In fact, while reading The Seventh Wish, a headline announced that the risk of an opiate overdose has surpassed the risk of dying in a car accident in our country.
Source: Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - Category: Psychiatry Authors: Tags: Book forum Source Type: research