How Improper Drug Testing Punishes Minority Mothers and the Incarcerated

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On Dec. 18, 2020, the day before she gave birth to her first child at a hospital in Middletown, N.Y., Crystal H. tested positive for opiates during the routine drug test administered to all pregnant women.

When the baby was born, hospital staff refused to allow her to nurse the infant. The positive result of the drug test made her an “unfit” mother, she was told..

But Crystal, a Latinx woman whose full name is withheld to protect her privacy, did not actually take the drug she tested positive for.

It was not the first time an erroneous drug test produced tragic consequences...

https://thecrimereport.org/2022/08/05/how-improper-drug-testing-punishes-minority-moms-probationers-and-the-incarcerated/