ABC NEWS / Morgantown, West Virginia / October 16th, 2018.
As the Appalachian state continues to lead the country with the most drug overdose deaths, cuddle volunteers have now taken on an extra sense of community urgency. Of all the babies born at WVU Medicine in 2017, about 10.5 to 11 percent were exposed to drugs in the womb, and of those about 4.3 percent went through active withdrawal after birth, according to Dr. Cody Smith, a WVU Medicine neonatologist. This is their story.
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