WASHINGTON—The opioid crisis is ravaging the ranks of the tiniest Americans every day.
Thousands of babies are born addicted to opioids and are suffering withdrawal after birth, known as neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS).
Every 15 Minutes, a Baby Is Born Addicted to Opioids
Grandparents and foster system inundated with the child victims of the opioid crisis
Ryan and Rebecca
Holets, with the baby
they adopted from
a mother who was
addicted to opioids,
stand next to First Lady
Melania Trump at the
president's State of
the Union address in
Washington on Jan. 30. CHIP SOMODEVILLA/GETTY IMAGES
Charlotte Cuthbertson
Senior Reporter
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Charlotte Cuthbertson
Senior Reporter
Charlotte Cuthbertson is a senior reporter with The Epoch Times who primarily covers border security and the opioid crisis.
