Resisting Drug Hysteria Pt. 2

FACT: Babies Are NOT Born Addicted to Painkillers

Babies are not born "addicted" and are not neurologically capable of addiction. Babies whose mothers have taken opioids habitually up until the point of birth are born physically dependent and experience some physical agitation and discomfort in the absence of an opioid - This is remedied with a relatively painless dose reduction plan over a few days. Babies do not have the cortical neurological-connections necessary to develop addiction to narcotics. The symptoms experienced by babies are extremely mild compared to those experienced by an adult with an actual addiction to opioids - In fact, a majority of the physical pain associated with opioid withdrawal in addicts is of a psychosomatic origin (i.e. caused or worsened by the mind's obsession). "Addicted Babies" is a phrase used by alarmist scumbags and vapid hags whose general intention is to invoke the superstitious misconception of a baby who is born doomed to the inevitability of life-long drug problems. People who refer to "addicted babies" are promoting voodoo-science and prohibitionist dogma. They should be either told to shut up or ignored.