The number of babies born with neonatal abstinence syndrome, (NAS) has tripled in the last decade. This means that babies are born being addicted to drugs due to their mothers abuse so they are going through withdrawals after they are born. symptoms include: irritability, difficulty feeding, difficulty breathing, and low birth weight. Scientists did tests on all the mothers who gave birth to babies with (NAS) and tests showed that not all mothers who were addicted had addicted babies and some of the mothers not addicted to opiates but were using them correctly also had babies with (NAS).



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