Doctors for Safer Drug Policy @dsdp.ca · Dec 30 1 / 4
At what age do the children whose safety you’re fighting for, become the adults whose safety you’re fighting against?
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The majority of people who struggle with addiction and who are at risk of fatal drug poisonings suffered trauma in their childhood. Young adults with a history of an Adverse Childhood Event are 4.3 times more likely to develop a substance use disorder. Childhood trauma does not vanish with age.