Opioid Addiction Among Pregnant Women

Reading Time: 2 Minutes Opioids are natural pain-relieving medications cultivated from the poppy plant since 3400 B.C. Today most of these prescription painkillers are man-made and synthesized by pharmaceutical companies or through illegal makeshift laboratories and are sold on the street and distributed all over the world creating an addictive opioid epidemic. Naturally occurring opioids such as morphine and […]