Effects of Drugs While Pregnant

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What happened to Regina Mcknight? unfortunate, this does not happens often and the frequency affects far too many lives, but in no case is it the fault of mother. No law that man conceives can ever change the sad fact that women are the victim of addiction. Any mother will knowingly sacrifice themselves for their children, this fact is instinctive and hereditary. Therefore, no law or course of disciplinary action has the ability to overdrive a woman's instinctive nature to protect their infant, the issue is the drug itself.

The damage that occurs when a pregnant woman consumes a lethal drug is not only psychological, it is physical affecting the protein receptors causing irreversible corruptions, even if only taken once (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2004). What Society fails to recognize is that these actions are in no means intentional, no functional being wants to live in the constant line of disparity having their stomach fail and hallucinating demonic apparitions. The effects of drugs on children are well known, such as the common phrase “Crack baby” connotates, one has their senses disconfigured having to live in a world when prepared for another. If cocaine were to be ingested during the first trimester the effects are truly fatal commonly leading to death or other serious health hazards such as the child's inability to live unsupported (American Pregnancy Association 2011). Consequently, if the expecting mother decides to use drugs well after the first trimester the fetus will exhibit subtle, but permanent effects from the drugs still being able to function normally but well below what is considered average. However, for the case of a mother suddenly deciding to use drugs goes against basic instinctive ...

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