Prescription Drugs and Children-Opioid Poisoning

Each day In the United States, Poison Control Centers receive an average of 32 calls about children exposed to prescription opioids. Henry A. Spiller, MS, D.ABAT., Director of the Central Ohio Poison Center at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, OH explained what child is most at risk, how adults can prevent children and adolescents from gaining access to these drugs, and how to properly dispose of unused prescriptions.