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Jacqueline Ann Dionne, Minnesota Department of Health's Director of American Indian Health, and Jeff Schiff, Medical Director for the Minnesota Department of Human Services, discussed Minnesota programs aimed at helping opioid-addicted infants.

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We've all heard of how opioid addiction affects adults, but what about newborn infants who are born already addicted and spend the first weeks of their lives going through withdrawal?

Jaqueline Ann Dionne - Minnesota Department of Health's Director of American Indian Health and Jeff Schiff - Medical Director for the Minnesota Department of Human Services discussed Minnesota programs aimed at helping opioid-addicted infants.

How the opioid crisis is affecting infants

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