Abuse of forbidden drugs is one of the biggest problems that we face nowdays in modern society. Newborn of an addicted mother, is the innocent victim of addiction and everything that addiction brings. Act of giving birth interrupts the feeding with drugs and the newborn is developing withdrawal symptoms. It goes detox with very severe symptoms, and is faced with a significantly higher risk of neonatal mortality as well as long-term consequences. Although there is still no ideal form of addiction treatment in pregnancy, this vulnerable group of women and children deserve a multidisciplinary approach and systematic, organized and continuing care. Based on data from the literature the authors emphasize the need for social care in preventing traffic and consumption of drugs, the need for intensive antenatal care of pregnant drug addict and intensive monitoring of the newborn mothers addicted.