➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ:
US: Study: Skyrocketing Increase in Drug-Addicted Newborns
Newsmax – August 11, 2016
The number of babies born with a dependence on drugs increased 300 percent between 1999 and 2013, a new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has revealed. Study: https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/65/wr/mm6531a2.htm?s_cid=mm6531a2_w Information Gateway resource: Responding to Infants Affected by Substance Exposure: https://www.childwelfare.gov/topics/systemwide/bhw/casework/families-sud/children-sud/responding/
http://www.newsmax.com/US/cdc-study-newborn-babies/2016/08/11/id/743257/