Videos
~ 5 News Investigates: The babies born addicted to drugs – YouTube
~ 10 percent of Mahoning Valley babies born addicted to drugs (WKBN) – YouTube
~ Addicted babies: Treating a growing problem in Maine – YouTube
~ As opioid epidemic grows, so does number of babies born addicted – ABC7 Chicago – VIDEO
~ Babies addicted to prescription painkillers? – YouTube
~ Babies Born Addicted to Drugs and Dying Preventable Deaths – NBC Nightly News – YouTube
~ Babies Born Addicted to Drugs – Fox News – VIDEO
~ Babies Born Addicted to Prescription Drugs – YouTube
~ Bay area sees drug addict baby boom – YouTube
~ Born Addicted: Hundreds of Indiana babies are born drug dependent – wthr.com – VIDEO
~ Born addicted- Huge rise in babies born addicted to drugs in Tennessee – YouTube
~ Born Addicted- Treating Drug-Dependent Babies – YouTube
~ Born on Opioids – What It’s Like – YouTube
~ Cost to care for drug addicted babies soars – YouTube
~ Disturbing Video Shows Baby Undergoing Withdrawal – NBC News – VIDEO
~ Drug-addicted babies on the rise in Tennessee – YouTube
~ Drug addicted babies born in Southwest Florida investigation – YouTube
~ Drug Addicted Babies Increase in Florida – WTSP – VIDEO
~ Drug Addicted Babies – Part 1 – YouTube
~ Drug Addicted Babies – Part 2 – YouTube
~ Drug addicted newborns receiving help in Phoenix – YouTube
~ Drug-Dependent Infants Detox at Tenn. NICU – YouTube
~ Drug manufacturers sued on behalf of opioid-dependent babies – Today – VIDEO
~ Florida seeing dramatic increase in babies born addicted to drugs – YouTube
~ Fox 59 IN Focus: Matthew Tully on babies born addicted to opiates – Pal-Item – VIDEO
~ Giving babies impacted by drug addiction a fresh start – YouTube
~ Heroin kids: Doctors help children impacted by the heroin epidemic – YouTube
~ Hospital: 10 percent of babies born addicted to drugs – WKBN 27 – VIDEO
~ Hospital seeks volunteers to cradle drug-addicted babies – YouTube
~ Hospital treating more heroin-addicted babies (WEWS) – YouTube
~ Hospitals treat babies born to drug-addicted mothers – YouTube
~ How babies born addicted to opioids will get help from new federal grant – YouTube
~ I-Team: Infants hospitalized for opioids jump 893 percent – ABC11 Raleigh-Durham – VIDEO
~ Local initiative aims to reduce number of babies born addicted to drug – YouTube
~ Medical professionals talk about drug addicted babies – YouTube
~ More Babies Born Addicted To Painkillers – YouTube
~ More drug-addicted babies born in Mass. – YouTube
~ New group forms to help babies born addicted to drugs – YouTube
~ New study: MO Babies born with opioid addiction increased 538% – KSHB 41 Kansas City – VIDEO
~ Number of babies born addicted to drugs rising – YouTube
~ One baby born addicted to Rx every hour – YouTube
~ Opioid-addicted babies on the rise – YouTube
~ Prescription Drugs and Newborns: How exposed babies could become addicted to prescription opiates. – ABC News – VIDEO
~ Spike in babies born addicted to opiates – YouTube
~ These Babies Were Born Addicted To Drugs – YouTube
~ The opioid epidemic’s toll on pregnant women and their babies – PBS NewsHour Weekend – VIDEO
~ US Doctors See Surge In Newborns Addicted To Mothers’ Pain Pills – YouTube
~ Taking care of the tiniest addicts – FOX 6 Milwaukee – VIDEO
~ Tragedy of Opioid Addicted Babies – YouTube
~ When babies are born withdrawing from opioids – YouTube
~ Woman cares for baby addicted to drugs – YouTube
Mainstream News
- ~ 57 percent increase from 2007 to 2015 in babies born addicted to drugs in Maryland – WMAR 2 Baltimore
- ~ A baby is born addicted to drugs about once an hour, study says – Los Angeles Times
- ~ A grim and growing trend- Alabama sees increased cases of drug-dependent newborns – al.com
- ~ A Tide of Opioid-Dependent Newborns Forces Doctors to Rethink Treatment – The New York Times
- ~ A Staggering Number Of Babies Are Now Born Addicted To Drugs – Business Insider
- ~ Abuse of Prescription Opiates Soars Among Pregnant Women – The New York Times.
- ~ Addicted at Birth – heraldcourier.com
- ~ Addicted at Birth- Full Series – heraldcourier.com
- ~ Addicted at birth- Number of babies born to mothers using heroin, meth, prescriptions grows – STGnews Videocast
- ~ Addicted newborns increasing in Kentucky, new report says – Courier Journal
- ~ Alarming new study finds U.S. babies born with signs of opiate drug withdrawal has TRIPLED in a decade – Daily Mail Online
- ~ Alarming rise in pregnant women on narcotic painkillers, heroin – CBS News
- ~ America’s Opioid Epidemic Is Increasingly Harming Babies, CDC Report Shows – US News
- ~ An Opioid-Dependent American Baby is Born Every 20 Minutes: Prescriptions in the United States have tripled since the 1990s, and studies suggest roughly 20 percent of pregnancies in the U.S. are complicated by exposure to prescription opioids.- Fatherly
- ~ Are Oxycontin Babies This Decade’s Crack Babies? – TIME.com
- ~ As opioid epidemic grows, so does number of babies born addicted – ABC7 Chicago
- ~ Babies addicted to opioids- A crisis crying for a count – The Philadelphia Inquirer
- ~ Babies Are Coming Pre-Packaged With Heroin Addiction – The Daily Caller
- ~ Babies Are Suffering Opioid Withdrawals At Record Rates – The Daily Caller
- ~ Babies born addicted- How the opioid crisis threatens Tennessee’s tiniest residents – WMC5
- ~ Babies Born Hooked On Heroin- Special Report – SkyNews – Yahoo! News
- ~ Babies born to opiate-addicted moms go through withdrawal – cleveland.com
- ~ Babies exposed to opioids are focus of Tucson drug program – tucson.com
- ~ Babies on Drugs: Another Sad Chapter in California’s Opioid Saga – Times of San Diego
- ~ Big Increase Seen in Babies Born Addicted to Narcotics – WebMD
- ~ Births of drug-addicted babies in Mass. are triple national rate – Fox News
- ~ Born addicted: Addressing the rising number of babies born drug-dependent – WIBW 13
- ~ Born addicted: The number of opioid-addicted babies is soaring – Today
- ~ Born addicts: The babies starting life in rehab – BBC News
- ~ Born into suffering: More babies arrive dependent on drugs – USA Today
- ~ Canada’s opioid crisis leading to more babies born addicted- study – National Post
- ~ Central New York’s prescription-drug epidemic creates state’s highest rate of drug-addicted babies – syracuse.com
- ~ Chautauqua seeing increase in babies born addicted to drugs – buffalonews.com
- ~ Children of the Opioid Epidemic – The New York Times
- ~ Colorado grapples with 80 percent jump in newborns going through opioid withdrawal – Denver Post
- ~ Colorado Sees Spike In Newborn Opioid Addiction – KUNC
- ~ Concern grows as number of babies born addicted to meth rises in Comanche Co. – ABC 7 News Oklahoma
- ~ Doctors track “an explosion” of newborns addicted to opioids – CBS News
- ~ Drug-dependent babies challenge doctors, politicians – USA Today
- ~ Drug Withdrawal In Babies- Number Of U.S. Cases Triples – HuffPost Canada News
- ~ Epidemic of Painkiller Addiction Strikes Newborns – Live Science
- ~ Florida sees upsurge in babies born addicted to drugs – wtsp.com
- ~ For babies born addicted to opioids, hospitals recruit volunteer cuddlers – The Philadelphia Inquirer
- ~ Georgia Hospitals Suffering ‘Rapid’ Rise Of Babies Born Addicted To Drugs – The Daily Caller
- ~ Greater Cincinnati heroin epidemic leaves scores of ‘silent victims’ in its wake – WCPO 9 Cincinnati
- ~ Hidden America: Nearly Half of Newborns at Tennessee Hospital Are Drug-Dependent – ABC News
- ~ Hospital: 10 percent of babies born addicted to drugs – WKBN 27
- ~ Hospital costs for treating newborns in opioid withdrawal jumped to $572.7 million – CNN
- ~ Huge increase in babies born addicted to drugs in US – The Independent
- ~ Hundreds of Indiana babies are born drug dependent – wthr.com
- ~ I-Team: Infants hospitalized for opioids jump 893 percent – ABC11 Raleigh-Durham
- ~ Infant addiction and withdrawal are major concerns, new study finds – Deseret News
- ~ ‘It’s worrisome’: More babies being treated for opioid withdrawal in Canada – CTV News
- ~ ‘Just flooding us’- Tenn. spike in drug-dependent newborns is warning to nation – NBC News
- ~ Kentucky addicted babies increasing despite pain-pill crackdown – Courier Journal
- ~ Kentucky doctors see surge of babies treated for drug addiction withdrawal – Lexington Herald Leader
- ~ Moms on Drugs: The Prescription Pill Epidemic Prescription pills are easier to access than ever—and they’re nearly destroying young families. For these mothers, a doctor-recommended dose spiraled into an out-of-control addiction. – Parents
- ~ More US babies born addicted to opiates like heroin – Fox News
- ~ More Babies Born Addicted to Opiates – ABC News
- ~ More Babies Born Addicted To Painkillers, Multiple Reports Show Growing Epidemic – HuffPost Life
- ~ More babies born in drug withdrawal – The Spokesman-Review
- ~ More babies born to painkiller-addicted moms – Reuters
- ~ More Ohio newborns suffer from mother’s addiction – The Columbus Dispatch
- ~ More US babies born to mothers who abuse painkillers – Reuters
- ~ Narcotic painkillers, common in pregnancy, can harm baby – CBS News
- ~ New study: MO Babies born with opioid addiction increased 538% – KSHB 41 Kansas City
- ~ Newborn problem: Babies addicted to Rx painkillers – New York Daily News
- ~ Number of Babies Born Addicted to Painkillers Has Tripled in the Last Decade – Gawker
- ~ Number of Babies Born Addicted to Prescription Painkillers Skyrockets – Yahoo! News
- ~ Number of Babies Born Suffering from Drug Withdrawal Triples – TIME.com
- ~ Number of drug-addicted babies born in the US has QUADRUPLED – Daily Mail Online
- ~ Number of drug-addicted newborns triples – Houma Today – Houma, LA
- ~ Number of Florida newborns treated for drug withdrawal skyrocketing – Sun Sentinel
- ~ Number of infant drug addiction cases in WV isn’t decreasing – The Herald Dispatch Huntington, WV
- ~ Number of U.S. babies born with drug withdrawal tripled in last decade – WJLA
- ~ Ohio babies born into addiction up 750 percent – The Enquirer
- ~ Ontario’s surge in babies born addicted to opioids – The Star
- ~ Pain Pills’ Littlest Victims – WSJ
- ~ Painkillers behind surge of drug-addicted babies – CBS News
- ~ Prescription for Tragedy: Many more Kentucky babies being born addicted – Center for Health Journalism
- ~ Ranks of drug-addicted babies still growing fast in Lee – News-Press
- ~ Rate Of Babies Born Addicted To Painkillers Surges More Than 80 Percent In Colorado – The Daily Caller
- ~ Rate Of Babies Born Into Addiction Skyrockets Nearly 900 Percent In North Carolina – The Daily Caller
- ~ Rate Of Babies Born With Opioid Withdrawal Rising At Alarming Pace – The Daily Caller
- ~ Report: More Pa. babies are born addicted to opioids – The Philadelphia Inquirer
- ~ Rural U.S. babies hardest hit by opiate addiction at birth – Reuters
- ~ Rx for Danger: Born addicted – Orlando Sentinel
- ~ Rx for Danger: Number of Florida babies born addicted to drugs skyrockets – Orlando Sentinel
- ~ Sarasota Clinic For Prescription Pill Addicted Babies Could Become National Model – WGCU PBS & NPR
- ~ Shocking video reveals the horror of babies born addicted to drugs: Newborns tiny legs shudder uncontrollably during heroin withdrawal – as it’s revealed an opioid-addicted child is born every 19 minutes in the US – Daily Mail Online
- ~ Study shows 530 percent increase in number of Missouri babies born with opioid addiction – FOX 4 Kansas City WDAF-TV
- ~ Surge in drug-affected newborns driven by rural opioid use – The Enquirer
- ~ Surge In Drug-Affected Newborns Driven By Rural Opioid Use – CBS Chicago
- ~ Tennessee faces epidemic of drug-dependent babies – Tennessean
- ~ The most vulnerable victims of America’s opioid epidemic – Reuters
- ~ The Rate Of Babies Born Addicted To Opioids Is Skyrocketing – The Daily Caller
- ~ The Tiniest Addicts: More babies born dependent on drugs – FOX 6 Milwaukee
- ~ The tiniest victims of heroin: Manatee, Sarasota have among the highest percentage of babies born with drug withdrawal symptoms because of their mothers’ addiction – Bradenton Herald
- ~ There Is A 500 Percent Increase In Babies Suffering From Drug Withdrawal – The Daily Caller
- ~ These Newborn Babies Cry for Drugs, Not Milk – Opinion – The New York Times
- ~ Tully: Meet heroin’s tiniest, youngest victims – Pal-Item
- ~ US babies born addicted to opioids has tripled, CDC says – STAT
- ~ US hospitals grapple with growing number of drug dependent newborns — RT USA News
- ~ U.S. infants in drug withdrawal triples – Washington Times
- ~ Warning for women about opioid painkillers and birth defects – CBS News
- ~ What Happens to Pregnant Women Addicted to Drugs? – The Atlantic
Independent News
- ~ Concerns over prescribed opioid use among pregnant women- Expert cautions against the long term use of opioids during pregnant women – Science Daily
- ~ Growing Number of Babies Born Addicted to Prescription Drugs – Consult QD
- ~ More Babies Born Addicted to Painkillers – Parents
- ~ Number of Infants Born Addicted to Opiates Triples – MedScape
- ~ Painkiller-Addicted Babies a Growing U.S. Concern, Especially in Fla. – Consumer Health News – HealthDay
- ~ Opioid-Addicted Babies May Struggle With Learning – WebMD
- ~ Opioid-Dependent Babies Up at Rural Hospitals – WebMD
- ~ Study: Up to 22 Percent of Pregnant Women Are Prescribed Opioids – Parents
- ~ The heartbreaking withdrawal of drug-dependent newborns – Stat News
- ~ What Happens When Babies are Born Addicted to Drugs? (GRAPHIC): Babies Addicted to Drugs- A Sad and Terrible Truth – Sober Nation
- ~ Why More and More Babies Are Born Addicted to Prescription Drugs – Health Essentials from Cleveland Clinic
Facts and Stats
Reports
- ~ About one baby born each hour addicted to opiate drugs in U.S. (2012) – ScienceDaily
- ~ Dramatic Increases in Maternal Opioid Use and Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome – National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
- ~ Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome and High School Performance – PubMed
- ~ Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome- Newborns Addicted To Prescription Drugs – Medical Daily
- ~ Incidence of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome — 28 States, 1999–2013 – MMWR
- ~ Increasing Incidence of the Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome in U.S. Neonatal ICUs – NEJM
- ~ Rural and Urban Differences in Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome and Maternal Opioid Use, 2004 to 2013 – Neonatology – JAMA Pediatrics
“Crack Babies”