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Prosecution May be the Fate of Drug Addicted Pregnant Women

Published: 30th June, 2011 Categorized: Drug Abuse, Drug Addiction, Drug Addiction Treatment, Drug Interventions, Drug Policy, Drug Rehab, Drug Treatment Centers, Sex, Substance Abuse, Substance Abuse Treatment, Women and Addiction

In 1992, Cornelia Whitner was sentenced to eight years in jail because her baby tested positive for cocaine at birth. Since then, a nationwide debate has raged about the legality of the South Carolina court’s actions that sentenced her. Should Whitner have received a criminal punishment for her drug addiction, a medical disease and not . . . . Continue Reading

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