Sunday, September 2, 2012

Newborns Hospitalized For Drug Addiction

{Frankfort, Kentucky}...The number of newborns hospitalized for drug addiction has soared in Kentucky over the last decade.  Hospitalizations for addicted newborns climbed from 29 in 2000 to 730 last year. State officials and doctors say the hospitalization statistics include newborn withdrawals from all types of drugs, but they blame prescription pills for the dramatic increase.