About one baby born each hour addicted to opiate drugs in U.S.

Monday, April 30, 2012 - 20:30 in Health & Medicine

About one baby is born every hour addicted to opiate drugs in the United States, according to new research. Physicians found that diagnosis of neonatal abstinence syndrome, a drug withdrawal syndrome among newborns, almost tripled between 2000 and 2009.

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