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Medical Consensus or Child Abuse? Moms On Methadone Caught In The Middle

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It can be a Catch-22 for new mothers addicted to opiates—doctors treat them with methadone while child-welfare caseworkers report them for continuing to use drugs. Rachel Blustain reports.

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