Tennessee Set to Criminalise Pregnant Women Who Use Illegal Drugs

Tennessee set to criminalise pregnant women who use illegal drugs
Tennessee is poised to become the first state in the US to criminalise pregnant women for harm caused to their foetuses or newborn babies as a result of addiction to illegal drugs. The proposal, SB 1391, is expected to land on the desk of Bill Haslam …
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OUR OPINION: Zohydro is only part of the drug addiction problem
The goal of abuse-resistant technology is to prevent addicts from crushing and then snorting or injecting the pill. Considering the epidemic of drug addiction, overdoses and deaths, frequently caused by prescription painkillers, it is highly …
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Doctors, medical staff on drugs put patients at risk
"The medical community thinks it's immune from this disease, but that's not true," says Bertrand, who had no history of drug use until she got hooked on pain medication after an abdominal surgery. "There are so many practitioners working impaired and …
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