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West Virginia tackles opioid abuse during pregnancy

By Robert King
Published January 3, 2017 5:01am ET
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West Virginia tackles opioid abuse during pregnancy
Amanda Fielding and her daughter. Briella Debonise, 20 months, take a closer look at Braylin Debonise, 9 days old. Amanda, who has been a recovering heroin addict, has seen both of her daughters born with an addiction to methadone. Braylin is given a combination of morphine and Phenobarbital with her formula daily, while Briella has already been weaned off her addiction. (Peter Pereira/Standard-Times via AP) | PETER PEREIRA

Congress passed a law last year to give more money to states to improve the treatment of drug-addicted pregnant women.

West Virginia already passed legislation to do just that.

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