US sees sharp rise in newborns with opiate withdrawal

[webbykevin]

The number of babies born in the US showing symptoms of opiate withdrawal increased threefold in the 10 years up to 2009, a medical study has found.

The research, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, said one in every 1,000 newborns was affected in 2009.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17903986

In 2011, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warned that painkiller abuse in the US had reached "epidemic proportions".

 

[cj]

I wonder how long before the term "oxy babies" starts getting thrown around. But 4 real it would suck to come into this shit whole of a planet in opiate withdrawl