Hospital emergency visits for opioid overdoses increased 115% from 2022-2023 among teens under 18.
Jinny Atwood’s brother Chris Atwood, was 15 when he started using heroin. He died from an accidental overdose in 2013.
“When my brother was addicted to opioids, he started losing weight. That was the biggest giveaway,” Atwood said
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