Prescription Drugs Lead to Growing Problem of Infant Addiction
Prescription drugs lead to growing problem of infant addiction
From 2000 to 2010 there was a fivefold increase in the number of pregnant women who used or abused opiates, with these mothers accounting for 5.6 out of 1,000 hospital births annually, according to the study. “That boils … “This is a growing issue in …
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Choking to death: should we stop sending women to prison?
David and Gemma spent a month in hospital together following complications she believes could have been caused by prison nurses reducing her methadone dose during pregnancy. Two officers – men and women – stood guard beside her hospital bed 24 hours a …
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