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Patient on opioid faces charges in Alabama for not disclosing pregnancy to M.D.
Author(s) -
Enos Gary
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
alcoholism and drug abuse weekly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7591
pISSN - 1042-1394
DOI - 10.1002/adaw.33121
Subject(s) - opioid , medical prescription , pregnancy , opioid epidemic , law , psychology , medicine , political science , psychiatry , nursing , biology , receptor , genetics
Legal advocates for an Alabama mother with chronic back pain accuse a county prosecutor of ignoring science in pursuing charges against the woman after she received an opioid prescription refill during her most recent pregnancy.