➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ:
US: Policy calls for public health approach to opioid misuse by pregnant women (Press release)
American Pharmacists Association – February 17, 2017
New guidance from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) advocates tackling opioid misuse in pregnant women-and subsequent cases of neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS)-from a public health standpoint, rather than relying on law enforcement.
Report: http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/pediatrics/early/2017/02/16/peds.2016-4070.full.pdf
Information Gateway resource: Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome: https://www.childwelfare.gov/topics/systemwide/bhw/casework/families-sud/children-sud/responding/nas/
http://www.pharmacist.com/article/policy-calls-public-health-approach-opioid-misuse-pregnant-women