➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ:
US: Opioids May Interfere With Parenting Instincts, Study Finds
New York Times – October 13, 2016
Some of the most troubling images of the opioid crisis involve parents buying or using drugs with their children in tow. Now new research offers a glimpse into the addicted brain, finding that the drugs appear to blunt a person’s natural parenting instincts.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/13/well/family/opioids-may-interfere-with-parenting-instincts-study-finds.html?action=click&contentCollection=U.S.&module=RelatedCoverage®ion=Marginalia&pgtype=articl