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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a terrible feeling in the pit of my stomach every time I think about this.  In some rural communities, it is so widespread - think of all the children of these addicts.  What is their future?  We desperately need to do something about this problem, but what?

It seems not to be so simple as educating doctors (so that they don't over-prescribe opioids as pain meds).  So what next?[/quote]

Tell your representatives in Congress.  Obama requested $1B and got $181M from Congress.  It's not enough.  Either we can address this problem now, or we can address a bigger problem later when the children of these addicts, who are themselves born addicted, grow up and flood our foster care system, stretch Medicaid to the breaking point, etc.

Friends of ours just adopted a baby of someone who started treatment for heroin addiction after learning they were pregnant.  9 out of 12 babies born the same night as their daughter were born addicted to opioids.  This is ONE hospital, in ONE suburb of a Midwestern city, on ONE night.  Just imagine how many of these babies are being born every day all across the country.  It's terrifying.[/quote]

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