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Opioid Abuse Impacts Newborns

The number of newborns displaying withdrawal symptoms from opioid drugs quadrupled between 1999 and 2013, a likely result of the growing problem of abuse of painkilling drugs.

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The number of newborns displaying withdrawal symptoms from opioid drugs quadrupled between 1999 and 2013, a likely result of the growing problem of abuse of painkilling drugs. (U.S. News & World Report)

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