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Punitive approach to mothers' drug use heightens risk of NAS in newborns
Author(s) -
Enos Gary
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
alcoholism and drug abuse weekly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7591
pISSN - 1042-1394
DOI - 10.1002/adaw.32540
Subject(s) - punitive damages , abstinence , drug , medicine , environmental health , pediatrics , psychology , psychiatry , political science , law
Building on evidence that punitive state policies toward pregnant women who use substances prove detrimental to maternal and child outcomes, a newly published study is showing for the first time that such policies worsen risk of neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS).