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Hospitals gave patients meds during childbirth, then reported them for illicit drug use (www.usatoday.com)

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Amairani Salinas was 32 weeks pregnant with her fourth child in 2023 when doctors at a Texas hospital discovered that her baby no longer had a heartbeat. As they prepped her for an emergency cesarean section, they gave her midazolam, a benzodiazepine commonly prescribed to keep patients calm. A day later, the grieving mother was cradling her stillborn daughter when a social worker stopped by her room to deliver another devastating blow: Salinas was being reported to child welfare authorities

What happened to Salinas and Villanueva are far from isolated incidents. Across the country, hospitals are dispensing medications to patients in labor, only to report them to child welfare authorities when they or their newborns test positive for those very same substances on subsequent drug tests, an investigation by The Marshall Project and Reveal has found.

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[-] pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 1 points 2 weeks ago

Yes, I do.

[-] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Your 99% of addicts stat is made up war on drugs bullshit by the way, and you clearly don't know what a functioning alcoholic is if you think they can't be parents.

For example some addicts are able to keep their shit together during work hours and evenings but use alcohol as a coping mechanism when their responsibilities are done. They are still addicts, but in their spare time.

A lot of other addicts are similar, addicted to pain meds or who use weed as a coping mechanism but outside of work and care hours.

[+] pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online -10 points 2 weeks ago

When you have children, you don't have spare time.

[-] jatone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

if you dont have a medical or biochemist degree (and probably even then if this is your take) i suggest you take your nonsense elsewhere because frankly its incorrect and it has caused untold problems by preventing adequate care from being administered for people's mental health. for example one doesnt need to look any further than psychedelics and depression caused by issues in the parasympathetic nervous system. most addicts are self medicating (often poorly and ineffectually) because of assholes like yourself limiting their and our ability to treat them effectively.

[-] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

I have a teenager, and while some days were pretty busy, there has always been some spare time before bed.

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