Drug Overdose Rates Quadrupling, Why?

Prescription drugs and heroin to blame

Friday, November 20, 2015 Drug Overdose Rates Soaring Among U.S. Youth Drug overdose deaths have skyrocketed among teens and young adults in the United States, with rates tripling or quadrupling in one out of every three states, a new report says.  Read more ... Related Reading • Prescription Drug Abuse Facts and Statistics • Teen Drug Abuse • Addiction and Drug Abuse Today's Health News •  When Do Kids Learn 'Fairness'? Culture May Matter, Study Finds •  FDA Approves Nasal Spray to Reverse Narcotic Painkiller Overdose •  Childhood Cancer Survivors May Suffer Physically, Mentally Decades Later •  Do Men 'Eat to Impress' When a Woman's Around? •  Cancer Survivors, Overweight Men May Face Job Discrimination •  Shorter People Less Likely to Get Lung Transplants •  Motorized Wheelchair Users at Raised Risk for Traffic Deaths: Study •  Health Tip: End Nail Biting •  Health Tip: Exercising With Diabetes •  Kids Who Take ADHD Meds More Likely to Be Bullied, Study Finds •  Exercise Can Reduce Heart Failure Risk, No Matter Your Age •  Depression More Common in Daughters of Older Mothers, Study Suggests •  Anything Fishy About Genetically Modified Salmon? •  One Person's 'Healthy' May Be Another's Junk Food Health Tools   Picture Slideshows   Quizzes   Pinpoint Your Pain   Medical Word of the Day   Diseases and Conditions   MedicineNet Home From Our WebMD Sponsors Exercise & OA Knee Pain Follow Us       MedicineNet Newsletters Sign up for the NEW MedicineNet newsletters today! New specialty newsletters include Skin Care & Conditions and Arthritis. MedicineNet Newsletters » Quizzes • Preventing Type 2 Diabetes • Cold or the Flu? • Rheumatoid Arthritis Top Viewed Articles • Dietary Supplement Safety • Sex Makes Happy Couples • Charlie Sheen HIV-Positive • Alarming Antibiotic Use • Child Autism Rates Change Picture Slideshows • Avoid Diabetes Complications • Finding Relief for Your Cough • Joint-Friendly Fitness Routines • Guide to Erectile Dysfunction • Common Eye Conditions Latest Pet Health Content • Coughing in Cats • Coughing in Dogs • Bronchitis in Cats • 6 Signs of Pet Illness Bonus PDF Booklet Infectious Diseases Book