Now hospitals are responding by establishing cuddler programs in which volunteers hold and cuddle drug addicted babies to provide relief from withdrawal and to help them heal.
Cuddle drug addicted babies in nj.
Cuddle care volunteer programs.
Opioids continue to ravage every corner of the country impacting everyone from senior citizens to newborn infants that s right some babies are even born addicted to drugs and the numbers are growing daily.
The hazard arh is looking for volunteers to participate in its new cuddle program.
According to the national institute on drug abuse nida a drug addicted baby is born in the united states every 25 minutes.
The program is for babies born addicted to drugs who then go through withdrawal.
Addicted newborns might spend weeks if.
As a result cuddle care programs have been established across the country to help these babies born addicted to opioids.
A big help to nursing staffs these volunteers bring hope to a seemingly.
According to the cdc since 1999 the number of prescriptions written for opioids in america has.
Increase in drug addicted babies is the result of nationwide trends.