And heroin led to the most deaths among 15- to 19-year-olds, CDC says
The rate of opioid drug overdose deaths among older teenagers in the United States has taken a turn for the worse, a new federal report finds.
The number of drug overdose deaths among 15- to 19-year-olds rose 15 percent for males from 2014 to 2015 and 35 percent for females from 2013 to 2015, according to the report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Heroin was the most common cause of fatal opioid overdose in the 15-to-19 age group.
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