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Substance Use and ACEs Across the Lifespan—Part I: Infancy, Childhood, and Adolescence

Posted 8/4/2021 (updated 9/2/2021)

Adverse childhood experiences, known as ACEs, are defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as "potentially traumatic events that occur in childhood." One common example is experienced by children growing up in a household with parents engaged in substance use. This publication is the first in a two-part series addressing the relationship between ACEs and substance use throughout the life cycle, covering substance use as an ACE from infancy through adolescence.