New Laws Sought for Pregnant Drug Users

New laws sought for pregnant drug users
ANDERSON, Ind. (AP) — Indiana medical and legal experts are pushing for laws that would allow more monitoring of pregnant women who use drugs in an effort to prevent babies from being born with addictions. Studies show the number of newborns with …
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Damning report into tragic death of Belper tot Riley Pettipierre studied in …
Also included in other reports as well as the one on Riley, was educating professionals outside the drug service about what methadone was and how it was used and stored; and even looking at drug testing for children whose parents use drugs. Ms Evans …
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Why doesn't Alabama focus on the children? (Opinion from Hernandez D. Stroud)
She confided that she had an unbreakable crack cocaine addiction. That wasn't the worst of it. She had become pregnant. Like any reasonable person, my gut reaction was to help her. Alabama, on the other hand, would have responded differently: The state …
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