Florida Senator Bill Nelson is addressing the opioids crisis-- and how it's impacting a growing number of newborns in Jacksonville.
Nelson will be at UF Health on Tuesday to talk to doctors in the neonatal intensive-care unit. Earlier this month, Action News Jax investigated local cases of drug addicted babies.
Action News Jax Tenikka Hughes met the family of a 1-year-old girl who was born six weeks premature and addicted to opioids.
The increase is leading to a growing need for foster parents.
Cases like hers have increased tenfold since 1995 in Florida, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports.