Drug babies

Last year about 350,000 babies were born to drug addicted mothers. About 5% were prescription drugs. The remaining mothers were low income and medical expenses were paid by Medicaid. The cost was $20,000 per baby for a total cost of 7 billion dollars. This does not include future problems faced by these babies, things like reading and language problems and a multitude of other health related problems. This also does not include the number of addicted moms who chose abortion.