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Summary: An estimated 1 in 10 unborn babies is exposed to harmful drugs of abuse or prescription drugs. <a href="http://medicine.utah.edu/faculty/mddetail.php?facultyID=u0119861">Dr. Gwen McMillin</a>, professor of pathology and medical director of toxicology at ARUP Laboratories, says, "It's a growing problem in parallel to the national opioid epidemic." <a href="http://medicine.utah.edu/faculty/mddetail.php?facultyID=u0031449">Dr. Kirtly Parker Jones</a> speaks with Dr. McMillin about the use of umbilical cords to test newborns for their risk to drug exposures and the harmful effects the exposures can have on the baby.