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More and more babies are being born addicted to painkillers!

Back in the '80s and '90s, there was an increase in babies being born addicted to crack.

Now it seems, prescription painkillers are the drug of choice.

Pregnant women are more frequently using or abusing painkillers like Vicodin or Oxycontin. The number of them has increased fivefold from 2000 to 2009.

That's terrible.

It's not that more pregnant women are using drugs, it's just that pregnant women who would already be using drugs are using painkillers more than anything else.

The babies can be treated with methadone for withdrawal symptoms (the same stuff recovering heroin addicts take) and during treatment all they do is cry and are miserable.

Poor babies.

Just because the drugs are legal doesn't mean they're any better for your baby!

Tags: addict, babies, baby, crack, drug, drugs, legal, oxycontin, pain, painkillers, pregnant, sad, symptoms, treatment, vicodin, women

First Gerard Butler, and now him?

What is going on?

Hawaii Five-0's Alex O'Loughlin has reportedly been forced to take a hiatus from the CBS series to undergo treatment for an addiction to prescription pain medication, which stems from a recent injury!

Tags: alex o loughlin, cbs, hawaii five 0, hiatus, painkillers, prescription medication, production, rehab, second season, treatment

Our deepest apologies to Tatum O'Neal! Yesterday we heard she was back in rehab to treat a cocaine addiction, but apparently sources were giving out completely false information!

Instead of a relapse, the Oscar winner actually had back surgery and has been admitted to a treatment facility where professionals will supervise her use of pain killers so she DOESN'T get addicted. Her rep explained:

Tags: addiction, back, cocaine, lawyer, medical probelms, painkillers, rehab, rep, supervised use, surgery, tatum oneal