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Hospitalizations Among Teens for Opioid Poisonings Increase, Study Shows

Thursday August 5, 2021

(WKRN, Feb. 26) A recent study published in JAMA Pediatrics revealed a scary reason why teens are ending up in the ER: overdoses from prescription and illicit drugs, specifically opioids and heroin. Read more.