Every 25 minutes a baby is born suffering from opioid withdrawal; that’s according to a report recently released by the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
It’s called Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome and it’s been rapidly on the rise in the U-S, including here in Kentucky. In this installment of the OA Chronicles, independent producer Nadia Ramlagan shows us what’s being done in the Lexington area to stem the tide for mother and baby.