Criminalizing Harmful Substance Abuse During Pregnancy: Is There a Problem

Criminalizing harmful substance abuse during pregnancy: Is there a problem
“Mothers struggling with drug addiction in Shelby County, rural communities throughout Tennessee and poor mothers and their families will be the ones who suffer the effects of this dangerous legislation the most,” Cherisse A. Scott, founder …
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VIEWPOINT: Turning the tide of drug abuse in our communities
Their perspective is one that people in Washington need to hear. On Tuesday, I joined Senator Whitehouse of Rhode Island in hosting a first-of-its-kind forum on drug addiction and recidivism to not only examine our approach to addiction, but also to …
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The true face of drug abuse
… consequences of those choices and show young people the damage drugs can do. If, by doing that, we could alter the path of just one young person so they didn't have to live the horror of addiction and imprisonment, it would make all our effort …
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