Afghan Wife Maimed for Refusing Drug-Addict Husband’s Cash Demands – CNN
Afghan wife maimed for refusing drug-addict husband’s cash demands – CNN
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Afghan wife maimed for refusing drug–addict husband's cash demands
CNN He needed money for a fix of heroin and crystal meth — an addiction he'd developed over the course of their marriage. When she was married off to him as a child bride at the age of seven, his drug of choice was hashish. But now this man — 20 years … |
Why criminalize prenatal drug use? A letter to Gov. Bill Haslam – MSNBC
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Why criminalize prenatal drug use? A letter to Gov. Bill Haslam
MSNBC This week, the Tennessee state legislature passed a bill that would allow drug–addicted pregnant women to be prosecuted as criminals. The bill would permit a woman who used illegal drugs during pregnancy to be charged with assault if her child is born … |
Public attitudes and policy toward drug addiction shift – MassLive.com
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Public attitudes and policy toward drug addiction shift
MassLive.com In this Jan. 22, 2014 file photo, Mass. Gov. Deval Patrick gestures during a news conference at the Statehouse in Boston. Patrick last week ordered an outright ban on prescribing and dispensing Zohydro until it is marketed in a form that is difficult … |
Tennessee Passes Legislation to Criminally Prosecute Drug-Addicted Pregnant … – The Wire
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Tennessee Passes Legislation to Criminally Prosecute Drug–Addicted Pregnant …
The Wire Tennessee's legislature gave its approval a bill that would criminalize some drug–addicted pregnant women, depending on the outcome of their pregnancy. The bill, if signed into law, would allow prosecutors to charge a woman with an "assaultive offense … Criminal penalty for prenatal drug use passes House |
Tennessee bill OKs criminal charges for mothers’ prenatal drug use – MSNBC
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Tennessee bill OKs criminal charges for mothers' prenatal drug use
MSNBC A bill to allow criminal assault charges against women whose infants suffer harm from their mothers' prenatal drug abuse may soon be on the books in Tennessee. House Bill 1295 now awaits a signature from Republican Gov. Bill Haslam. The measure would … Tennessee adopts legislation to criminally prosecute drug–addicted pregnant … |