Newborns With Drug Withdrawal Triples

Published May 3, 2012

newborns with drug withdrawal triples

Filed under: Drug Abuse Chicago

CHICAGO (AP) — 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 is being treated with the same narcotic …
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Oil Can's drug abuse startling

Filed under: Drug Abuse Chicago

The fact Dennis "Oil Can" Boyd battled drug addiction for much of his baseball career is hardly newsworthy. But an ESPN report detailing the extent of Boyd's abuse of crack cocaine, particularly during Boston's World Series season of 1986, …
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Police, schools, parents all play role in anti-drug crusade

Filed under: Drug Abuse Chicago

“Areawide and nationwide, there has been an increase in the use of heroin among young people, no question about it,” Tinley Park Police Chief Steve Neubauer said. While alcohol use is still viewed by police as the most serious substance abuse issue …
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Number of US newborns with drug withdrawal triples

Filed under: Drug Abuse Chicago

Photo: M. Spencer Green / AP In this Friday, April 27, 2012, photo, Aileen Dannelley speaks during an interview, at the Pilsen Wellness Center where she undergoes treatment and counseling for drug abuse, in Chicago. Dannelley's one month old daughter …
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RT @david_sheff: Prescription drug abuse abetted by family, friends: study – Chicago Tribune http://t.co/jXdqY5eP via @ArchiveDigger – by BrightonRecover (Brighton Recovery)

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Prescription drug abuse abetted by family, friends: study – Chicago Tribune http://t.co/jXdqY5eP via @ArchiveDigger – by david_sheff (David Sheff)