Addiction Treatment: Infants Born Addicted to Painkillers Tripled in Last Decade – San Francisco Chronicle
Infants Born Addicted to Painkillers Tripled in Last Decade – San Francisco Chronicle
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Infants Born Addicted to Painkillers Tripled in Last Decade
San Francisco Chronicle Addiction Treatment Pregnant mothers addicted to the prescription painkillers, if they enter treatment, usually continue to receive opiates, such as methadone, since stopping the drugs could harm the unborn child and result in a miscarriage, … More babies being born addicted to prescription painkillers A baby is born addicted to drugs about once an hour, study says 1 addict is born each hour in US |
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Should addicts be sterilized? – Salon
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Should addicts be sterilized?
Salon “A lot of people aren't looking for treatment, and until they are, they're not going to do it,” Harris says dismissively. Funds for drug treatment have been slashed over the past two decades, in any case. The main source, the federal Substance Abuse … |
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The Dilemma of the Pregnant Addict – New York Times (blog)
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The Dilemma of the Pregnant Addict
New York Times (blog) Many infants are hospitalized for several weeks while doctors treat them with methadone or morphine to gradually wean them from their dependence on the drugs that their mothers used. It's those same addictions that led to Ada Calhoun's piece The … |
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Obama drug czar puts more emphasis on treatment
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National Drug Policy Director Gil Kerlikowske said that it's time to "treat drug addiction as a disease." The administration's strategy seeks a middle ground between drug legalization and an enforcement of drug laws, Kerlikowske said in a speech at the …
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"Rehab With Dr. Drew" Returns To VH1 To Directly Help Young Adults With Their …
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… by addiction issues in the US According to the 2010 National Survey on Drug Use and Health by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration reports that an estimated 23.1 million American who were 12 or older needed treatment for …
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