Can these drug-addicted mums break the cycle for their babies? | Four Corners

Thousands of babies are born exposed to their mother’s drug use each year in Australia.

Four Corners meets mothers who are addicted, and those who have been rehabilitated, to learn why they use drugs when pregnant. We also meet the children who have been impacted and speak to experts about how drug use and pregnancy impacts a child's health.

Four Corners investigates what is being done to address one of the hidden side effects of the national drug epidemic.

00:00: Intro: Using drugs when pregnant
1:50: Babies withdrawing from drugs
5:03: Residential rehab
8:21: Detoxing from cannabis and ice
10:15: Using ice while pregnant
16:14: Fighting the stigma
20:37: ‘I don’t want to hurt my baby’
23:53: A window of opportunity
26:52: The impacts on methamphetamines on children
31:15: Missing milestones
32:44: Living with pre-natal drug exposure
35:59: Child abuse
38:57: Breaking the cycle of addiction

This Four Corners documentary was originally broadcast as 'Breaking the Cycle' on August 14, 2023, on ABC TV and ABC iview.

Read more about the mothers in the documentary here: https://ab.co/454byI3

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