Illicit Drug Exposures in Young Pediatric Patients Reported to the National Poison Data System, 2006-2016

This retrospective review of poison center calls found that there were 9122 illicit drug exposures reported in children <10 years of age between 2006 and 2016. Marijuana and methamphetamine were reported most frequently, with significant increases over the study period; methamphetamine was associated with the most deaths.