Few opioid-addicted youth get standard treatment medication

Monday, June 19, 2017 - 13:02 in Health & Medicine

CHICAGO (AP) -- Only 1 in 4 teens and young adults with opioid addiction receive recommended treatment medication despite having good health insurance, according to a study that suggests doctors are not keeping up with the needs of youth caught up in the worst addiction crisis in U.S. history....

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