Letter: Drugs Ruining America

Published March 5, 2014

Letter: Drugs ruining America
Another problem is pregnant women using drugs, having babies born addicted and unable to help themselves. There are a … It has been reported that the murder problem in New Orleans, which is 95 per 100,000, is directly linked to the use of crack cocaine.
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Stoking Fire: 'Laboring,' A Midwife's Tale
Although she screamed that she was not pregnant, she admitting using both Thorazine and crack cocaine. By the time Cohen met Mia, the patient had already had an altercation with a medical resident. The doctor, frustrated by Mia's refusal to consent to …
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For pregnant women, two sets of rights in one body
In Wisconsin last summer, a pregnant woman named Alicia Beltran was taken to court in handcuffs after refusing to take an anti-addiction drug for a painkiller habit she had already kicked on her own. The court initially ignored her requests for a …
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