Summary
ORLANDO, Fla. - Florida's prescription-drug epidemic - already responsible for nearly seven deaths a day - is taking its toll on the youngest, most vulnerable in its communities: newborns.
In 2009, nearly 1,000 babies born in Florida hospitals were treated for drug-withdrawal syndrome. They're irritable. They don't eat well. They can spend days, even weeks, detoxing.See the full content of this document
Extract
Florida Sees Rise in Drug-Addicted Babies
And the number is skyrocketing.
From 2006 to 2009, there was a 173 percent increase in newborns treated at hospitals for drug-withdrawal syndrome in Florida, according to Agency for Health Care Administration records obta...See the full content of this document
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