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Is There a Term for Kids Born With Drug Addiction?

Question by neligl: Is there a term for kids born with drug addiction?
If their mother did drugs while she was pregnant. I’m looking for that term, I put ” DRUG KIDS” but I know it’s not what they are called. It’s for my writing paper…” Don’t Judge”

Thank you
Camera guy..I hope you are not trying to be sarcastic.

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Answer by Camera Guy
Yeah, it’s called drug addicted babies or babies born with a drug addiction..

Answer by Beth
Hello, The Biological perspective of drug and Alcohol Abuse runs deep in a lot of life’s as drug addiction becomes more and more common today. There are many who are being born with drug addiction by what we call psychobiological markers which is being found in many addicts.

A psychobiological marker is a characteristic that may be measured using psychological or biological means, other than symptoms of the disease itself that identifies those individuals in the population who are most likely to develop a specific disorder. In the case of alcoholism, it is a characteristic that can be measured in children or adolescents (before the development of the disorder) that can significantly predict the likelihood of alcoholism in adulthood. In other words, individuals who… Read the complete essay here:

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