“The social safety nets that women trying to raise children need are profoundly affected,' Dr. Campbell, who has testified before Congress about the opioid crisis, says.
America is in the midst of an opioid-addiction crisis, and in recent years, it’s hit women particularly hard.
Brzezinski noted that even if it’s not the woman who is addicted, she's likely the one who is stepping in and assisting with childrearing, caretaking and other responsibilities if a family member is struggling with addiction. “If it’s not a woman whose body is literally crumbling from addiction … it’s someone in her family who she has to take care of,” she said.
Adolescents are another group at particular risk, because “we know that the younger an adolescent is when they start using a substance for the first time — whether it’s alcohol or an illicit drug — the more likely they are as adults to be addicted,” Campbell said.
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