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Access to addiction meds for young people has improved — but retention hasn’t

In 2016, the American Academy of Pediatrics issued a policy statement urging doctors to offer medications for opioid use disorder to adolescent and young adult patients who needed them. New national data show that more young people with an opioid…

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Published4 h ago (Fri, 02 Oct 2026 15:00:00 GMT)
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AuthorTheresa Gaffney