Should addicted adolescents be treated with medicine?

what a health organization has recommended. in a report released today — the american academy of pediatrics has urged its members to consider prescribing medicines meant to treat opioid addiction for adolescents. and if pediatricians don’t prescribe the drugs themselves — they should refer patients to doctors who do. however — one local expert we spoke to says medicine should only be part of the treatment. it has to be a combination of drugs — and counseling. 03:52:04 good care, appropriate care is learning life skills, addressing issues of sadness, pain, sexual trauma, depression, along with their drug use. that’s effective care 17 federal officials have called opioid addiction a national crisis. the c-d-c reports — more than 28-thousand people died from drug overdoses in 20-14. that’s more than any year on record. instagram may shed light on whether or not someone is