Study: Opioid overdose deaths involving other substances more common in youth

(Boston Medical Center) Results of a new study show that opioid overdose deaths involving more than one substance (polysubstances) are more common than opioid-only overdose deaths among youth. Led by researchers at Boston Medical Center's Grayken Center for Addiction, the data shows that cocaine and other stimulants like crystal methamphetamine are the substances most commonly involved in opioid overdose deaths in young people between the ages of 13 and 25.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news