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In 8,706 U.S. children, prenatal exposure to both cannabis and tobacco was linked to modestly lower fluid cognition at ages 9 to 11, a study in Addiction reports.
Missouri clinics, telehealth and peer recovery programs are adding addiction treatment to prenatal care, after a review found 7 preventable maternal deaths.
Central City Concern closes Portland's Letty Owings Center on Oct. 31 after 37 years, as Oregon loses about 20 percent of residential beds for pregnant and parenting people.
In 94 newborns, maternal methadone or buprenorphine dose and umbilical cord drug levels did not predict severe neonatal opioid withdrawal, JAMA researchers report.
Healing Transitions will open 17 apartments early next year for women who finish its program and their children, in a state short of recovery housing.
A CMAJ study of 2.2 million Ontario women finds substance-related emergency visits climbing almost 5% annually among mothers, and 8% among those under 25.
Pregnancy Justice counted at least 902 pregnancy-related prosecutions in 23 states over three years; South Carolina's 381 mostly alleged drug or alcohol use.
UNC Horizons won $1.18 million to open Project PRIMA, a six-bedroom North Carolina residential unit for pregnant and postpartum women with addiction and severe mental illness.
Volunteers of America opened a 19-bed recovery house on Indianapolis's north side where mothers in treatment can live with their children for up to a year.
A Vanderbilt-led study of 9,360 Tennessee pregnancies found more days of buprenorphine or naltrexone around delivery was linked to lower overdose and death risk.
The Policy Center for Maternal Mental Health launches a National Maternal Mental Health Accelerator with 100-plus groups to close gaps in perinatal care by 2030.
University of Tennessee audit uncovers serious problems in Dr. Craig Towers' influential study promoting detox for pregnant women with opioid addiction, raising ethical concerns about patient consent.
Iowa is first state to qualify for federal funding of a foster care diversion program providing in-home substance abuse treatment for parents of young children.
New Jersey becomes one of the first states to require hospitals to confirm drug test results before reporting new mothers to child welfare authorities.
A landmark NIH-funded clinical trial finds that treating babies with neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome based on their symptoms rather than fixed schedules reduces hospital stays and medication exposure.