From an examination of the fentanyl epidemic to the connection between ADHD medication and height, here are highlights from the week in Psychiatric Times.
end the deadly drug crisis ravaging our communities, joe s mother, lisa, joins us now. tell us about joe. well, like all the rest, he was funny and kind and sweet and terrible student. he was a born protector and unfortunately he became addicted to percocet. after that he became addicted to heroin and died of a fentanyl poisoning and we actually took him off life support four years ago today. dana: here you are trying to help other families not have to go through this. that s right. dana: call for number one here. u.s. adolescent overdose deaths in 2010 were 518. in 2021 that number was already up to 1,146. adolescent opioid deaths, 77% involved fentanyl. what does demand 0 want the try
at getting clean. getting clean, getting well. by giving them these pipes you are not getting them well. you are putting them back in the same hole, the same box that they started with. it is a terrible policy. bill: the fentanyl epidemic continues to grow by the day and there is no end to it as of now. the problem is we re seeing school districts all over the country now adapt to this possibility that a kid in school could overdose and they are stockpiling schools with narcan. overdose deaths among adolescents in 2021 shot up to 1,146. adolescent opioid deaths, 77% of them involved fentanyl. you have baltimore, tucson, sacramento, des moines, denver, l.a. stockpiling narcan if they need to use it. education is your bag. how did we get here? well, from your first