Criminalizing substance use in pregnancy: misplaced priorities

Katrina Hui; Cara Angelotta; Carl E Fisher

doi:10.1111/add.13776

Criminalizing substance use in pregnancy: misplaced priorities

Addiction. 2017 Jul;112(7):1123-1125. doi: 10.1111/add.13776. Epub 2017 Feb 28.

Authors

Katrina Hui¹, Cara Angelotta², Carl E Fisher³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
² Department of Psychiatry, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.
³ Division of Law, Ethics, and Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA.

PMID: 28247578
DOI: 10.1111/add.13776

No abstract available

Keywords: Addiction; chemical endangerment; contingency management; criminal law; ethics; fetus; policy; pregnancy; substance use disorder, women's health.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Criminal Law / legislation & jurisprudence*
Female
Humans
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications / prevention & control*
Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects / prevention & control*
Substance-Related Disorders / prevention & control*
United States