Addiction & Recovery

BeHereNow

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23. It is against the law, yes- doctors are required to report it as soon as they know.

Thu Jul 26, 2012, 01:52 AM

Jul 2012

The doctor did contact the officials- the baby was treated before birth, with methadone.
Since nothing other than the doctor prescribed methadone was detected, my niece was
not arrested at the time of delivery- HOWEVER, testing showed she had done massive amounts
of cocaine before the delivery- since it did not show in the baby, she walked.

Good news I got today- they have successfully weaned the baby from methadone, she as gained
a pound plus some, and will be going HOME, to her legal guardian, my sister, in a few weeks!

YAY!

My niece and her husband, in the meantime, have refused all court orders to attend AA, out patient
and all other directives- SO my sister is the MAMA!
BHN

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Damn it all to hell! [View all] BeHereNow Mar 2012 OP

I think you are doing exactly what you can do. ScreamingMeemie Mar 2012 #1

Yeah- the hubby is using as well... BeHereNow Mar 2012 #2

You know what? BeHereNow Mar 2012 #3

nothing worse than a newborn addicted CountAllVotes Mar 2012 #4

Trust me- I want noting to do with my niece or her husband- BeHereNow Mar 2012 #6

a bit of advice CountAllVotes Mar 2012 #7

That is my instinct- to contact the doctor and police. BeHereNow Mar 2012 #9

Good for you! CountAllVotes Mar 2012 #10

Just called the one and only doctor in her area with the name- BeHereNow Mar 2012 #11

You did the right thing! CountAllVotes Mar 2012 #12

Yep, I've helped bring many an addict child through that awful first few weeks. tavalon Mar 2012 #15

perhaps oldhippydude Mar 2012 #5

Love al anon- so much support there. BeHereNow Mar 2012 #8

I'm sure that both of your parents know alcoholics CountAllVotes Mar 2012 #13

in my opinion irisblue Mar 2012 #14

As a NICU nurse, tavalon Apr 2012 #16

Something is very wrong here! RD1angel Apr 2012 #17

Welcome to DU; and from 25 years in the music business, and countless dead friends BeHereNow Apr 2012 #18

Thank you for this post GObamaGO May 2012 #19

Hope all goes well...for babies sake zorro1 Jul 2012 #20

Thanks Zorro1 and Welcome to DU, glad you're here. Update on the baby! BeHereNow Jul 2012 #21

Isn't that against the law in some states? If not, it should be. demosincebirth Jul 2012 #22

It is against the law, yes- doctors are required to report it as soon as they know. BeHereNow Jul 2012 #23

CPS in that county should get involved and do their job to remove that poor child out of the demosincebirth Jul 2012 #24

They already have- maybe you should read my post about the update on the baby? BeHereNow Jul 2012 #25