Prenatal opioid exposure impacts child well-being through adolescence, finds study
Medical Xpress
March 3, 2026
Children with prenatal opioid exposure face struggles in health, education, and social well-being throughout their childhoods and teenage years, even when sociodemographic factors are factored out. The global opioid crisis has largely been viewed as a crisis of adult users, but it has also led to a rise in children exposed to opioids before birth, only some of whom are diagnosed with neonatal abstinence syndrome—essentially, withdrawal.
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Originally published on Medical Xpress on 3/3/2026