The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends offering buprenorphine to teens addicted to opioids. But only 6% of pediatricians report ever doing so.
Drug overdose deaths continue to rise, breaking yet another record in 2022, according to new data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC reported that 107,941 ...
PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - A Portland man was sentenced to nine years in prison for selling fentanyl that led to the overdose death of a 17-year-old, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office ...
PORTLAND, Ore. — A fentanyl dealer was sentenced to federal prison on Wednesday for his connection with the overdose death of a Portland teen back in November 2022. Tanner Welsh, 21, of Portland ...
Despite an overall decrease in drug use among teens compared to prior years, one startling trend accelerated – drug overdose deaths. According to the latest available data from the Centers for ...
Across Canada, the burden of premature opioid-related deaths doubled between 2019 and 2021, representing more than ...
Kaylee Gain, the 16-year-old student who suffered a severe head injury in a fight with another teenage girl near Hazelwood East High School in St. Louis, Missouri, is still in the hospital ...
A teen driver charged with killing a mom and three kids by racing through a red light at 112 mph was involved in two other major crashes in suburban Seattle — with bodycam footage showing a cop ...
Drug overdose deaths in Bartholomew County so far this year have largely kept pace with last year, when fatal overdoses declined 36% to their lowest annual total since 2019. As of Wednesday, there ...
2024 is in full swing and we’ve lost some incredibly talented celebrities this year. February began with a shocking death: Rocky star Carl Weathers, who passed away “peacefully in his sleep ...
Kaylee Cope was reported missing by her mother early Saturday. A missing Ohio teen who was the subject of an Amber Alert was found safe and her boyfriend is in custody, according to police.