when people say they were born addicted to heroin, what does it even mean?

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when people say they were born addicted to heroin, what does it even mean?

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Heroin is one of many substances that can cross the placenta into a fetus. Usage during pregnancy may expose the fetus to the drug, but that exposure will stop when the baby is born, if not earlier. This results in the newborn infant going through withdrawal from the drug.

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