The opioid drug epidemic has created a lot more drug-dependent newborns and hospitals often have to foot the bill for their treatment, the Boston Herald has reported. The cost of treating these ...

Washington Democrats and Governor Bob Ferguson claim to champion the vulnerable, yet they have once again revealed their disturbing priorities. Ferguson, in a move of pure political pandering, has ...

DUPAGE COUNTY, Ill. (WPVI) -- The ABC7 I-Team looked into the most heartbreaking development of the opioid epidemic: tiny lives that begin drug dependent. They can't "just say no" because they are ...

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Four children have died under the New Mexico Children, Youth, and Families Department’s watch since April. Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham said she’s had enough and said the ...

The research suggests that more than 200 babies born each year are born with an addiction to drugs and have to receive ...

More than 1600 babies have been born dependent on drugs since 2017, according to figures obtained by the Scottish Liberal ...

“The 4-month old was the last straw.” That’s what Maralyn Beck, executive director of the Child First New Mexico Network, told me, explaining why the state has finally announced a radical change in ...

More than 1,600 babies have been born dependent on drugs since 2017, according to figures obtained by the Scottish Liberal ...

Since March, five women in Franklin County have been charged with felony child abuse for allegedly using cocaine while they were pregnant. It all started when Franklin County Deputy Ruby Galvin spoke ...

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CHICAGO (AP) - Less than a month old, Savannah Dannelley scrunches her tiny face into a scowl as a nurse gently squirts a dose of methadone into her mouth. The infant is going through drug withdrawal ...