More Babies Being Born With Opiate Addiction
Our children are our future. Each new life brings into this world new possibility and new hope for a more amazing world, and as drug addiction has become so common in our nation it seems our future gets bleaker as more children are born into suffering and addiction. Neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) is a group of . . . . Continue Reading
CDC Says Methadone Prescribed for Pain Relief is Leading Cause of Deadly Overdose
Only 2 percent of prescriptions for addictive painkillers are for methadone in the United States but more than 30 percent of the overdose deaths caused by prescription opiates are caused by the drug, according to the US Department of Health and Human Services. Dr. Thomas Frieden is the director of the US Centers for Disease . . . . Continue Reading