Drug withdrawal in an infant was a rare diagnosis just a few years ago, but today one infant is born every 25 minutes nationwide with the condition, often with tremors, difficulties with eating and sleeping, and lots of irritability. These opioid-withdrawing infants are the youngest warnings of a much larger problem: our friends, family and neighbors are dying from overdoses at a rate we have not seen before.
Read more here: https://www.tennessean.com/story/opinion/2017/07/11/why-united-states-needs-national-drug-policy/102778464/