Our amazing Prevention Specialist recently shared this gut wrenching statistic with our staff. This is why we value our tremendous staff so deeply and constantly advocate for them and those they serve. They are on the front lines of saving lives in Grant and Iowa Counties.
“An estimated 321,566 children in the United States lost a parent to drug overdose from 2011 to 2021, according to a study published in JAMA Psychiatry. The rate of children who experienced this loss more than doubled during this period, from approximately 27 to 63 children per 100,000. The study was a collaborative effort led by researchers at the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).”