Finding Hope: Clinical Strategies to Combat the Devastating Impact of the Opioid Epidemic on our Youth

Addiction to opioids has become a global public health threat that does not discriminate based on sex, socioeconomic status, race, ethnicity, or age. In recent years, there has been an exponential increase in opioid overdoses and drug-related deaths. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, in 2017 > 70,200 Americans died of drug overdoses, including >17,000 deaths that involved prescription drugs.1National Institute on Drug Abuse....