With adolescent overdoses continuing to rise along with the rapid growth of intentional and unintentional fentanyl use, there is a stark lack of options for teens.
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Of the 160 adolescent residential treatment facilities contacted by researches, only 63 said they would allow adolescents to detox on-site. Even fewer had medication to help them.
DENVER When Denver Health wanted to open an inpatient opioid detox unit specifically for teens, doctors there searched high and low for a model to copy. They didn’t find one.
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