Rate of newborns suffering from drug withdrawal rises sharply in Pa., study says

The rate of newborns suffering from drug withdrawal increased more than 1,000 percent between fiscal years 2001 and 2017, according to a study released Wednesday by the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council. Referred to as Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome, or NAS, the conditions develops shortly after birth in newborns who were exposed to addictive drugs — most often opioids — while in the mother’s womb. The newborns, physically dependent on the drug, develop withdrawal signs after…
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