'Alarming' rise seen in drug-addicted infants

'Alarming' rise seen in drug-addicted infants | New Hampshire Health:

Doctors will tell you it's normal for a newborn to cry. But when the tears are accompanied by shaking, shudders - even seizures - a mother might have passed on to her child something other than DNA: a drug addiction.

Note: This article fails to mention mother's given morphine in labor for complications that arise. Anyone with half a brain knows that the morphine will most definitely reach the baby in utero. Anyone except Family Court Judges and DCYF that is. This article also fails to mention how the newborn is taken by the State and placed in Foster care because of the morphine found in the baby. How the State of NH fails to abide by SAMSHA regarding substance abuse treatment. According to SAMSHA Guidelines, NH DCYF and The NH Family Courts ILLEGALLY Order Mother's Out of Methadone Treatment. According to the SAMSHA guidelines - See: Know Your Rights-Rights for Individuals on Medication-Assisted Treatment : NH DCYF and the NH Family Courts (specifically in Nashua), are GUILTY of NOT following Federal Government guidelines pertaining to Mother's receiving Medication Assisted Treatment for substance abuse. According to SAMSHA's book of guidelines at the above link: See Page 12-Section:GOVERNMENT ACTIVITIES, BENEFITS, AND SERVICES The ADA and Rehabilitation Act protect a person in MAT from discrimination by the government in its –• Services – such as health or social services and education andtraining programs• Benefit programs – like welfare or child care assistance and otherforms of financial assistance, such as student loans• Activities – like probation and parole, zoning, occupational licensing,and driver’s licensingIf an individual is “qualified” – meaning the individual meets the eligibilityrequirements of the program or activity involved – the individual may not bedenied the opportunity to participate in or be denied benefits from these andother public services, benefit programs or governmental activities because of adisability. Additionally, individuals in MAT may not be treated less favorably than other individuals simply because they are participating in MAT.Child Welfare System. May judges, prosecuting attorneys, and others in the childwelfare system require parents to end their participation in MAT in order to get theirchildren back or to keep their children?No. Courts and other government agencies may not single out people in MATand require them to stop taking legally prescribed medications. Such arequirement would be no different than telling an insulin-dependent, diabeticparent that she may not have her children back unless she stops taking insulinand addresses her diabetes through nutrition and exercise alone. Courts may,however, require people in MAT to comply with treatment requirements.So why is NH DCYF and the Family Court's getting away with ordering Mother's out of treatment in order to retain custody of their children? Why are these children being taken and never returned? Why aren't DCYF and the Family Court's being charged with Discrimination in the illegal removal and illegal adoption of NH children?