Kids under 6 were increasingly treated for illicit substance ingestion after Covid-19’s start, study says
April 24, 2023
The outbreak of Covid-19 presented many dangers for children, and a new study suggests increased illicit substance ingestions were among them.In the first month of the pandemic in 2020, a 25% increase in overall ingestions occurred among children under 6 years old in the United States, according to the study published Friday in JAMA Network Open.
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