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Adolescent Recovery - Part II
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Series: Adolescent Recovery - It Takes A Community
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Most drug overdoses in the past were due to illegal narcotics. Prescription painkillers have now surpassed heroin and cocaine as the leading cause of fatal overdoses. The number of overdose deaths from opioid painkillers opium-like drugs that include morphine, codeine, and oxycontin more than tripled from 1999 to 2006, to 13,800 deaths that year, according to CDC (Centers for Disease Control statistics).
Teenage substance abuse disorders are on the rise. Just over 2 million youth in the U.S. ages 12-17 have a substance use disorder, meaning dependence on or abuse of alcohol or drugs. Tune in for part II of our series, where we hear personal stories from physicians and youth who were affected by this epidemic.
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Most drug overdoses in the past were due to illegal narcotics. Prescription painkillers have now surpassed heroin and cocaine as the leading cause of fatal overdoses. The number of overdose deaths from opioid painkillers opium-like drugs that include morphine, codeine, and oxycontin more than tripled from 1999 to 2006, to 13,800 deaths that year, according to CDC (Centers for Disease Control statistics).
Teenage substance abuse disorders are on the rise. Just over 2 million youth in the U.S. ages 12-17 have a substance use disorder, meaning dependence on or abuse of alcohol or drugs. Tune in for part II of our series, where we hear personal stories from physicians and youth who were affected by this epidemic.
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