Experts Believe Substance Abuse Has Increased during the Pandemic. What Does That Mean for Child Custody Cases?
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, drug-involved overdose deaths were rising in the United States. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in 1999, there were less than 20,000 recorded drug-involved overdose deaths. By 2019, that number had jumped to over 70,000. The type of drugs causing overdose deaths has also changed. While in 1999, most drug-involved overdose deaths…