//High schoolers who misuse prescription opioids are at higher risk for suicidal behaviors, study finds

High schoolers who misuse prescription opioids are at higher risk for suicidal behaviors, study finds

About one of every three high school students who said they were misusing prescription opioids when they were surveyed reported they had attempted suicide, according to a <a href="https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2021/02/25/peds.2020-030601" target="_blank">study</a> published Monday in the journal Pediatrics.

Previously, researchers have reported that young people who had misused prescription opioids at