Drug Addicted Babies – Part 1

Drug Addicted Babies – Part 1 — The numbers of babies born addicted to prescription drugs or opiates are skyrocketing!! Dr. Adashek discusses the problem in part-1 of a 2-part special on th…

Reporting of drug–addicted babies to be Ohio law
The legislation is aimed at reducing the state's prescription painkiller addiction epidemic. Supporters say tracking the number of drug-addicted babies will help the state monitor Ohio's progress fighting drug addiction. Overdose drug deaths have been …
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Experts developing plan to prevent drug addicted babies
Attendees from seven states gathered Wednesday in Johnson City's Millennium Centre for the first day of a conference aimed at studying neonatal abstinence syndrome, or NAS, a group of symptoms that can occur in newborns exposed to addictive illegal or …
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Ohio Opiate Epidemic: Helping Babies Born Addicted
… and policy leaders are zeroing in on ways to help some of the most vulnerable addicts – infants. Babies born to mothers who are addicted to opiates, including heroin and prescription painkillers, suffer from what is known as Neonatal Abstinence …
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