Born Addicted: Treating Drug-Dependent Babies

Published December 28, 2012

Born Addicted: Treating Drug-Dependent Babies – Hospitals in Florida and elsewhere are grappling with the latest fallout from the epidemic of prescription-drug abuse: babies born addicted to painkillers. The newborns present new challenges for hospitals. Photo: Jason Henry/The Wall Street Journal Subscribe to the WSJ Live YouTube Channel – www.youtube.com More WSJLive YouTube: www.youtube.com Facebook: www.facebook.com Twitter: twitter.com WSJ: www.wsj.com

Rogue pharmacists feed addiction

Filed under: prescription drug abuse

Rogue pharmacists are key enablers of drug abuse and an important source of supply for the illegal market. State officials who license and oversee pharmacies are overmatched by the scale of the problem. Prescription drug abuse has increased sharply …
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