Cleveland seems to be at the epicenter of Ohio’s heroin epidemic. And a direct result of an increase in heroin addiction is babies being born to addicted mothers– sometimes addicted themselves. WKYC reported this week that Cleveland’s MetroHealth is seeing “about half of all addicted pregnant women in the region.” Here’s an excerpt from their coverage, and we hope you’ll click the link below for the full story. The Center for Effective Living excels at treating heroin addiction, and we hope that if you or a loved one is struggling with heroin, that you’ll seek help–especially if children or pregnancy are involved.
“There is no evidence to believe that these babies are destined in the future to have severe problems or that they’ll be addicted or they will have developmental problems. It all depends on how much love and care, just like any other child, they get at home,” Dr. Kumar says.
But he admits the problem is growing. So far this year the program is treating 56 mothers and Dr. Kumar wouldn’t be surprised to see 75 to 80 babies born to addicted women by the end of the year.