Drug-Addicted Mothers and Babies Face Challenges, Say Justine Simmons & Heidi Albertsen

Published February 28, 2014

Drug-Addicted Mothers and Babies Face Challenges, Say Justine Simmons & Heidi Albertsen — Click to donate here: http://www.lesc.org/donations.html The Lower Eastside Service Center, a haven that helps aid opiate addicted mothers in New York City, …

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