Manchin Fights for Measure to Help Prevent Prescription Drug Abuse in House-Senate Compromise Bill –

Health risks unknown for babies born to prescription drug–addicted mothers

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And in some cases, a baby is born addicted to prescription drugs and requires methadone — a drug typically used to wean adults off heroin — to help the babies come down from their withdrawal of the drugs. “Babies that have been born to drug-addicted …
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D-Day near for prescription drug addicts on Staten Island (photos)

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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — If you're a pill addict, it's time to get help now, since it's going to be much harder to get your fix from a doctor's prescription in just a few days time. Aug. 27 is D-Day on a statewide database program designed to help …
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