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Opioid Addiction during Pregnancy

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 72,000 Americans died from drug overdoses last year. Dr. Jaime Fernandez, Pediatric Neonatologist with Homestead Hospital, says the opioid epidemic is startling, because it makes these moms completely dysfunctional and incapable of taking care of their babies.

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