Often they are the offsprings of drug-abusing mothers.

The heart-tugging one (drug-abusing mother wants to regain custody of her sons) doesn't tug hard enough.

A drug-abusing mother who has bounced from shelter to shelter with two children in tow.

The total number of children born to drug-abusing mothers, officials said, is undoubtedly much higher in New York City.

Since most physicians never question their patients about substance abuse, the number of infants born to drug-abusing mothers is grossly underestimated.

She adopted him in 1993, after he had been taken away from his drug-abusing mother.

Letting drug-abusing mothers take their infants home leaves open the risks of abuse and neglect.

They say drug-abusing mothers who would previously have had an abortion are bearing sickly babies with low chances of survival.

Since the mid-1980's, the number of infants born to drug-abusing mothers has soared, from nearly 3,000 in 1987 to 10,000 in 1989.

Many more live with a drug-abusing mother one week and a weary relative the next.