Children Of A New Epidemic
...earlier. You are feeling bad, scared, you are already thinking of how to get your next high. You think that you are confused? What about that child growing inside you right under your heart, living on your supply of drugs and alcohol. What kind of world will that baby be coming into? Their first experience of life may be pain, suffering, mental retardation, and deformity, just to name a few of the trials to be faced in the first moments of their tiny new life.
What types of punishments if any do these mothers deserve for giving this innocent life such a turbulent start? There are laws out there now to prevent and punish this type of crime, and that is what we are here to learn about. We are fighting for not only the punishment of these mothers but for those tiny lives that have to suffer because of the abuse by their mothers. We are here to learn about what happens to babies born addicted to drugs.
Babies, they are innocent, beautiful creatures that deserve the best the world has to offer, right? Then why would someone make an innocent baby suffer before or after birth for a 30 second high and an hour and a half crash? It is not fair that a baby should have its infancy destroyed by a cause it has no control over. That is why this article is so important. The facts need to be spoken a loud and the truths be told about America's fastest rising epidemic. This epidemic is not just for the ghettos anymore it is hitting every walk of life. Chances are you know someone who has had or has been a "crack baby".
Babies exposed to crack cocaine in the womb have a 4 time higher mortality rate than those of non-exposed babies. They are born addicted to the drug that their mother's fed them through their only means of life. These babies are born suffering from severe withdrawal symptoms. They cry more than non-addicted newborns, they suffer from muscle spasms,...
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