The number of young children in the US who have died from opioid overdoses has increased significantly, according to a new study on accidental poisonings of children 5 and younger.
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Child protective services departments had open case files for 97 of the children who died. There was a documented history of child maltreatment in 153 of the cases, and nearly a third of those who died with a history of mistreatment were less than a year old.More than 65% of the deaths happened at home. Nearly a third were under the supervision of someone who was not their biological parent.
RELATED: 10-month-old baby barely survives after ingesting fentanyl at popular California park, parents say "Most of the time, when the kids are being exposed, it's accidental," Brown said. People may keep prescriptions in easy-to-open pill organizers instead of childproof bottles. They may even keep them loose in a pocket, since many of these medicines are for pain. A pill then could fall into the open, where small children could easily find it.
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