Virginia Guy, Executive Director of the Drug Education Council in Mobile, is sounding the alarm about treatment for mothers-to-be who are fighting addiction.
Guy said walking away from addiction isn’t cut and dry, even when another life is at risk.
“That child endangerment laws are really in place to protect the unborn child, but there’s also support for the mother of that unborn child,” Guy said. “Methadone is one of the drugs that is used a lot for women who are pregnant. So if a woman is in a methadone program, using that appropriately and not using other drugs to supplement it and everything, she will not be arrested.”
Sadly, Guy said addiction is on the rise. It’s a cause and effect reaction she credits to lockdowns and the COVID-19 pandemic.
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