More than 321,000 children lost a parent to overdose from 2011 to 2021: Study

A new study estimates than more than 321,000 children lost a parent to drug overdose between 2011 and 2021 with the rate of deaths more than doubling in that time frame.

The study published in the JAMA Psychiatry medical journal found that an estimated 321,566 children lost a parent to drug overdoses in the decade following 2011. Overall, 649,599 adults aged 18 to 64 were found to have died from overdoses in that period. Two-thirds of all deaths in the study were among men.

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