Opioids Are Leading Cause of Child Poisoning Deaths, Study Finds

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By BY CHRISTINE CHUNG from NYT Health https://ift.tt/HSXVd6c
via IFTTT Research, Opioids and Opiates, Children and Childhood, Poisoning and Poisons, Pain-Relieving Drugs, Buprenorphine (Drug), Drug Abuse and Traffic, Deaths (Fatalities) A review of poisonings among children 5 and younger found that opioids contributed to nearly half of deaths from 2005 to 2018, largely from accidental overdoses, according to new research.

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