almost 400,000 lives

cost Medicaid billions of dollars

indicate

Robbie Nicholson now works as a mentor with a company called 180 Health Partners that helps women with addiction go through pregnancy. Her own newborn went through drug withdrawals, related to the medications she took to control her opioid cravings. She says most women she works with need a stable place to live and reliable transportation.(Blake Farmer/Nashville Public Radio)

ongoing research

go after drug companies in court

public discussion of pending settlements

deals struck between pharmaceutical companies and the state of Oklahoma

New mothers in recovery for opioid addiction meet with a support group in Oak Ridge, Tenn. Most had newborns who endured drug withdrawals at birth, known as neonatal abstinence syndrome.(Blake Farmer/Nashville Public Radio)

180 Health Partners

two months

Nashville Public Radio

NPR

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