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Article: BORN WITH AN ADDICTION CARE AVAILABLE FOR DEPENDENT BABIES

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March 19, 1989
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PHOTO Dr. Evangelia Marquez and Dr. Ann Hilmo attend to the needs of a premature baby in the neonatal intensive care unit at Porter Memorial Hospital in Valparaiso. (Photo by Dave Bartman)

THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM THE PRINTED VERSION.

A premature baby stiffens his arms and legs, clenches his fists and cries an unearthly wail. Swaddled in a maze of tubes and wires, he craves more than his mother's loving arms and warm milk as he lies in his incubator bed. He wants cocaine.

This scenario is no longer a rarity confined to big city hospitals. It happens in every hospital in Northwest Indiana.

Nationally, about 11 percent of all newborn babies have absorbed enough drugs ...

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