KSHB: Adolescent substance abuse on the rise amid pandemic

Health officials nationwide are seeing an increase in substance abuse among adolescents over the COVID pandemic.

KSHB talked to Molly Pellettiere, Substance Use Counselor with Saint Luke’s Crittenton Children’s Center Substance Use Intensive Outpatient Program, about how substance abuse at this age can impact brain development.

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