Dear Tipsters, I'm going to be talking to my behavioral pharmacology students this afternoon about cocaine use. One of the subtopics is prenatal effects. As an important part of that I want to discuss maternal treatment (or lack thereof) and prosecution. I've done a Google search (because I didn't plan far enough ahead) and most of the articles I've found are from the 1990s. I already have what I think is an excellent commentary on the topic entitled Pregnancy and the Public Health Hypocrisy, although it is via the organization Reconsider (as in "reconsider current drug policy"), thus it is understandably a position. Do any of you have other sources, knowledge, or ideas about this? I'd like to figure out what the most recent status is with respect to punishment of women who test positive for cocaine either while pregnant or at delivery, whether it is state-by-state or at the federal level. Any help would be appreciated. Carol
-- Carol DeVolder, Ph.D. Professor and Chair, Department of Psychology St. Ambrose University 518 West Locust Street Davenport, Iowa 52803 563-333-6482 This e-mail might be confidential, so please don't share it. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=9995 or send a blank email to leave-9995-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
