Heroin Epidemic Gives Rise to a Generation of 'Suboxone Babies'
Heroin epidemic gives rise to a generation of 'Suboxone babies'
And pregnant women on the drug transmit it to the unborn baby in utero. After birth, a percentage of infants suffer from “neonatal abstinence syndrome,” or withdrawal. By her 20th birthday, Coleman was hooked on heroin, and she lived with the addiction …
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Heroin problem rises nationally, locally
According to Psychology Today in 2012, relapse rates, defined as moderate to mild slip-ups in drug use, were estimated between 70 to 90 percent. “Within three to six months after people get out of detox or treatment, anywhere from two-thirds to three …
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