An epidemic of prescription painkiller abuse has led to another growing problem -- newborns exposed to the addictive drugs their mothers use. At the Catholic Health System in Buffalo, which operates ...

As the Obama administration and the media increasingly promote the idea that prescription drug misuse is this generation’s crack epidemic, I want to take a few minutes to note how irresponsible and ...

Since March, five women in Franklin County have been charged with felony child abuse for allegedly using cocaine while they were pregnant. It all started when Franklin County Deputy Ruby Galvin spoke ...

CHICAGO — Less than a month old, Savannah Dannelley scrunches her tiny face into a scowl as a nurse gently squirts a dose of methadone into her mouth. The infant is going through drug withdrawal and ...

She stopped using meth and decided to continue using Subutex to gradually break her addiction. Subutex is used by medical providers to treat pregnant women with an addiction to narcotic pain relievers ...

I live in the heartland of the opioid epidemic on the Vermont-New Hampshire border, where I practice and teach medical students and residents in a hospital nursery. Ten percent of newborns here are ...

The subject of addiction swirls with myths and misinformation. It doesn’t help that so many people seem to believe that their own struggle with addiction — or a few drop-ins to Alcoholics Anonymous ...

New Mexico will move to take custody of more children born with drugs in their systems and put families who do keep their children on a short leash, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham told The New Mexican on ...