Browsing by Subject "Misuse"

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    Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Their Impact on Substance Misuse & Overall Health
    (The Center for Health Policy, 2018-03-01) Balio, Casey; Greene, Marion S.
    Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) encompass a wide variety of distressing events, including emotional, physical, or sexual abuse; witnessing maternal domestic violence; or living with a household member who has a substance use disorder, is mentally ill or suicidal, or is currently or was ever incarcerated during the first 18 years of a child’s life. According to most recent estimates, nearly half of Indiana’s youth have experienced at least one ACE in their life. ACEs are linked to many risk behaviors, including substance use, which can adversely affect health outcomes.
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    Opioid Overdoses in Indiana: A Closer Look at Opioid Type
    (The Center for Health Policy, 2018-06-01) Kooreman, Harold
    The misuse of prescription and illicit opioids remains at epidemic proportions, costing the United States billions of dollars annually. Overdose deaths in both the U.S. and Indiana have seen a dramatic increase over the past ten years. Until recently, prescription opioids were responsible for the greatest number of overdose deaths, but now have been surpassed by fatalities involving heroin and illicitly manufactured narcotics, primarily fentanyl.