More than 321,000 children lost a parent to a drug overdose within ten years in United States

UNITED STATES — More than 321,000 children lost a parent to a drug overdose between 2011 and 2021, a daunting blow that reflects the impact of the nation's addiction crisis on a generation of children. The rate of children who lost a parent more than doubled over the decade. The average leaped from about 27 to 63 children per 100,000, according to the study published Wednesday in the medical journal JAMA Psychiatry... usatoday.com