Reality & Society: Parents Who Drug Their Children & Children Who Use Drugs
Drug Stats on Infants: 1. The number of babies that are estimated to be born every year with a dependency to at least one substance: 440,000. 2. There is 1 baby born every hour in the United States that is suffering from opiate withdrawal. https://healthresearchfunding.org/20-profound-drug-addicted-babies-statistics/ Neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) is a postnatal drug withdrawal syndrome that occurs primarily among opioid-exposed infants shortly after birth, often manifested by central nervous system irritability, autonomic overreactivity, and gastrointestinal tract dysfunction https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/65/wr/mm6531a2.htm 70% of chronic opiate users will have a baby that is born dependent. 3. Alcohol used during pregnancy can result in FASD. An estimated 40,000 newborns each year are affected by FAS, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, or have FASD, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders, with damage ranging from major to subtle. 1 in 100 babies have FASD, nearly the same rate as Autism. FASD is more prevalent than Down Syndrome, Cerebral Palsy, SIDS, Cystic Fibrosis, and Spina Bifida combined. Alcohol use during pregnancy is the leading preventable cause of birth defects, developmental disabilities, and learning disabilities. Children born to women who engage in moderate to severe drinking during pregnancy run the risk of their child being born with a Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, a classification which includes the three main disorders relating to alcohol consumption: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS), Fetal Alcohol Effects (FAE), and Alcohol-Related Neurodevelopmental Disorder (ARND). The Institute of Medicine says, “Of all the substances of abuse (including cocaine, heroin, and marijuana), alcohol produces by far the most serious neurobehavioral effects in the fetus.” https://www.nofas.org/factsheets/ https://www.thelionstares.com/post/reality-and-society-parents-who-drug-their-children-children-using-drugs --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lions-tares/support