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Fighting Drug-Based Births

Fighting Drug-Based Births. April Workman spends time with her 11 month old son, Kenneth, at her family's home in Huntington, West Virginia on April 24, 2013. Workman, who has struggled with addicted to prescription painkillers, successfully went through the program last year. Her son was born two months premature, but is healthy now. The Maternal Addiction and Recovery Center at Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia, an area hit hard by prescription drug abuse, is making strides in treating pregnant mothers with addiction problems. In an effort to curb babies being born already dependent on pills, the program uses a drug called buprenorphine instead of the traditional methadone treatment.

Fighting Drug-Based Births

Fighting Drug-Based Births. Tara Lee Bailey spends time her with daughter, Willow Grace Chapman and her boyfriend Andrew Chapman at their family's home in Crown City, Ohio on April 25, 2013. Bailey has had issues with prescription drugs and recently finished her counseling program. Her daughter was in intensive care for a month, and is just now home with the family. The Maternal Addiction and Recovery Center at Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia, an area hit hard by prescription drug abuse, is making strides in treating pregnant mothers with addiction problems. In an effort to curb babies being born already dependent on pills, the program uses a drug called buprenorphine instead of the traditional methadone treatment.