This Substance Actually Dulls Parenting Instincts, Study Says

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By Julie Fidler

A sad and disturbing study from researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania shows that opioids appear to dull people’s natural parenting instincts. [1]

In recent months, numerous stories have been in the news concerning children who were left alone with parents or caregivers who had overdosed on prescription opioids or heroin.

For the millions of people who see stories and can’t understand what drives parents to be so negligent, perhaps the findings will offer a little bit of perspective, though they won’t make the stories any easier to digest.

In September, heartbreaking pictures of 2 adults overdosed …read more

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