Child maltreatment incidents are curtailed by prescription drug monitoring programs

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/933903

News Release 4-Nov-2021
Peer-Reviewed Publication
Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Healthekalert.org/news-releases/933903

 

A study at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health examining the impact of the opioid epidemic on child maltreatment found that the implementation of state programs to monitor prescription drug prescribing are associated with reductions in child maltreatment. As a result, policies that restrict the prescribing and dispensing of controlled substances, may have indirect benefits for child welfare. The findings are published in The Journal of Pediatrics.

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 tags: child abuse, drug use, drug abuse,