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For child welfare officials, these women are still considered junkies -- and a threat to their newborn
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The return of reefer madness
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Death penalty for I.V. drug users
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How did a drug whose addictive properties were once compared to potato chips become the scourge of America?
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Maia Szalavitz is the author of the forthcoming book "Tough Love America: How the 'Troubled Teen' Industry Cons Parents and Hurts Kids"
(Riverhead, 2005). She has also written for the New York Times, Elle, Redbook and other publications.
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