Vanderbilt’s Drug Dependency Clinic, run by MPH alumna Young, treats pregnant opiate dependent women
The epidemic of opioid abuse, which each day claims the lives of 91 Americans and adds billions annually to the nation’s health care bill, can be stopped—but it’s not going to be easy, say those steering the ship at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC). Vanderbilt’s Drug Dependency Clinic, run by Jessica Young, M.D. M.P.H., treats the increasing numbers of women who become pregnant while opiate dependent.