Few Teen Rehab Centers Offer Life-Saving Medication, Investigation Finds

Only 25% of US residential treatment centers provide buprenorphine, the standard of care, for opioid addiction in teens.
Parents must call an average of nine facilities to find one offering buprenorphine for a 16-year-old.
Buprenorphine is the only FDA-approved medication for teens 16 and older with opioid use disorder.
of the 160 facilities called said they do not provide buprenorphine and 21 said they did not know if they did.
The crisis could claim up to 1.2 million lives in the US and Canada if no action is taken.