AdvertisementAnother Drug Crisis: Methamphetamine Use By Pregnant WomenNovember 29, 2018Rhitu ChatterjeefacebookEmailKristen Philman first tried methamphetamine in her early 20s, as an alternative to heroin and other opioids. When she discovered she was pregnant, she says, it was a wake-up call, and she did what she needed to do to stop using all those drugs. (Theo Stroomer for NPR)