Pregnancy and Addiction

Published June 27, 2013

Pregnancy and Addiction – Addiction among women and their children.

Rosenblum: Skyrocketing opiate abuse among Indians needs attention

Filed under: drug abuse help centers for pregnant women

Gavin Bart, a Hennepin County Medical Center physician, has seen a growing number of American Indian women seeking treatment at HCMC's addiction medicine clinics. “They're getting younger and they're often pregnant,” Bart said. In addition, Bart found …
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Abortion, Protests, Transportation as Session Nears End

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While abortion opponents argue the bills would improve women's safety, reproductive rights advocates argue the bills would close 37 of the state's 42 facilities that perform abortions and set up unnecessary obstacles for women seeking the procedure …
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NM last in nation for child well-being

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Teen drug abuse was also unchanged. … The improvements are largely due to school districts doing away with abstinence-only education and adding school-based health centers, Earl Nissen, part of the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Work Group, has said.
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