Parental opioid use adversely affects children, says study
Lately, prescription drug abuse has become a major public health crisis in the United States. Recently, there has been an increasing trend of opioid addiction in children and adolescents, with nearly half a million adolescents aged between 12 and 17 years reportedly using prescription pain relievers, according to a 2016 report by the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM). Thus, there is an increasing need for abuse and addiction treatment facilities exclusively focusing on addiction in young adults. Read more