Born Addicted: Focus of State Conference

Published May 22, 2013

Born Addicted: Focus of State Conference

Filed under: prescription drug addiction treatment

The epidemic hasMore >>. An alarming number of babies born in Kentucky are addicted to prescription drugs. A conference called by the KY Dept. of Health aims at developing a statewide protocol on how to treat Kentucky's youngest victims.More >> …
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Oklahomans Battle Prescription Addiction

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One of the main issues that Department of Mental Health Commissioner Terri White says leads to prescription drug abuse is people perceive that it's safer because it's medicine. OKLAHOMA … But more women are seeking treatment in Oklahoma, like Jenny.
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Kentucky struggling to deal with addicted babies

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The tiniest victims of Kentucky's prescription drug abuse epidemic are born into suffering — often shaking with tremors, losing weight and crying inconsolably as they withdraw from painkillers their mothers took during pregnancy. … And they talked …
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