gordon frankel. >> keeping the mothers on a heroin replacement drug during regular neighbors and after birth is better than going cold turkey. >> do much better if they are engaged in treatment with medication assisted treatment. these allow for a continual replacement of the opiate. so the babies and the mom go into withdrawal. that's not the same when you are searching for the opiate on the street, there's a rush of the drug and a withdrawal, a rush of the drug and withdrawal. >> frankel says most babies make it through program without serious problems and has not shown long term effects but the future of these seboxin babies remains in question. >> it's difficult to research on because so many factors come into play as to a child's development. a lot of it has to do not with just what you're exposed to in utero but also the environment you're born into and what's the home life like, what type of nutrition do you get, what type of education do you get, what type of support do you get as you grow up. all those are important in the child's development. >> are you worried at all of the