The findings underscore the human toll of the opioid epidemic that has fractured families across the country.
A Rapid Response Fentanyl Forensic Test Kit in Tucson, Arizona on March 6. Photo: Caitlin O'Hara/Bloomberg via Getty Images, found that the rate of children who had lost a parent to drug overdose had more than doubled during the decade.
In 2011, 27 children per 100,000 had lost a parent aged 18 to 64 to drug overdose. By 2021, that figure had jumped to 63.1 per 100,000. The study noted that its findings emphasized the need for policy responses to the overdose crisis to address the impact on families, including the "economic, social, educational, and health care needs of children who have lost parents to overdose."Children of non-Hispanic American Indian or Alaska Native individuals experienced the highest rates of loss . This was more than double the rates seen among non-Hispanic white children and non-Hispanic Black children .
"No family should lose their loved one to an overdose, and each of these deaths represents a tragic loss that could have been prevented," Volkow added.Nearly 107,000 Americans died from a drug overdose in 2021, and over 75% of those deaths involved opioids, according to thework with China to curbShare on linkedin
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