According to a study, from 2000 to 2009 in the U.S., the yearly rate of maternal opiate use grew almost 5 times, while diagnosis of neonatal abstinence syndrome, the drug withdrawal syndrome in infants, grew nearly 3 times. Recent research revealed that 16.2% pregnant teenagers and 7.4 % pregnant women between the ages of 18 and 25 years make use of illegal drugs. Neonatal … [Read more...] about Increase In Maternal Opiate Use And Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome