HealthDay (4/25, Reinberg) reports on a study published online in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs which found that overdoses in people aged 15 through 24 rose from “eight in every 100,000 people” in 2006 “to nearly 10 per 100,000 in 2015.” Among this age demographic, “death rates from prescription painkillers and opioids including heroin increased nearly 5% on average each year from 2006 to 2015, but jumped by more than 15% each year from 2013 to 2015.”
Related Links:
— “Fatal Drug ODs Surging Among Young Americans, ” Steven Reinberg, Healthday, April 25, 2019