https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/baby-opioids/
Much research has been done to stop the madness of opioid effect on infants, but the numbers continue to rise. It takes months for a baby to overcome his addiction. It called Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome NAS. Some infants' symptoms are so severe they need a methadone withdrawal process. The long care an addicted baby needs is overwhelming, but in many cases the infant dies.
Reuters tallied more than 27,000 diagnosed cases of drug-dependent newborns in 2013, On average, one baby was born dependent on opioids every 19 minutes.
Preliminary findings of an Indiana State Department of Health study highlight a link between the state’s high infant mortality rate and the drug epidemic. source
What effect does opioid addiction do to the infants?