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	The continual presence of opioids in the body can have with it other effects. Within pregnant mothers, it may result in what is known as Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS)[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxQcXtS6lG4], in which the fetus develops withdrawal symptoms after birth. This is due to the drugs passing through the placenta into the newborn's body prior to birth. Essentially, the infant becomes addicted before even being born, which, in turn, inflicts a myriad of health complications, some of which possibly fatal.		The continual presence of opioids in the body can have with it other effects. Within pregnant mothers, it may result in what is known as Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS)[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxQcXtS6lG4], in which the fetus develops withdrawal symptoms after birth. This is due to the drugs passing through the placenta into the newborn's body prior to birth. Essentially, the infant becomes addicted before even being born, which, in turn, inflicts a myriad of health complications, some of which possibly fatal.



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