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Webpage: http://www.courier-journal.com/story/life/wellness/health/2017/01/14/ky-has-twice-us-rate-
Pubdate: Sat, 14 Jan 2017
Source: Courier-Journal, The (Louisville, KY)
Copyright: 2017 The Courier-Journal
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Website: http://www.courier-journal.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/97
Author: Laura Ungar
KY. HAS TWICE U.S. RATE OF DRUG-DEPENDENT BABIES
The days-old newborn shook and screamed, his tiny chest fluttering with
rapid breaths. Even his mother's arms couldn't soothe him.
Withdrawal from heroin was Jordan Barkley's first experience of the world.
His mom, Amy Kalber, shot up every day for most of her pregnancy. The
drugs coursing through her body sickened Jordan, who spent seven weeks in
neonatal intensive care, suffering from diarrhea and tremors, sucking on
morphine as he weaned off the heroin.
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