Police: Utah parents arrested for giving newborn meth, heroin, morphine

Renee110 said:

"Two Utah County parents have been taken to jail after police say the couple gave their newborn daughter drugs the day she was born in the hospital to cover up that the baby was born addicted to drugs.

Investigators would eventually learn Christenson had been heavily using heroin and prescription pain medication during her pregnancy.

Because of that, her child, born on April 9, 2017, was born addicted to drugs. A number of different informants told investigators that parents of drug addicted babies will sometimes take either Suboxone or methadone, crush it up, then, after moistening a finger, dip that finger into the crushed drugs, and apply it to the mouth or gums of the infant in an effort to mask signs of addiction from hospital staff."

http://fox17.com/news/nation-world/...ested-for-giving-newborn-meth-heroin-morphine

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Pamela_Brewer said:

This probably isn't a popular opinion, but I believe ALL newborns born in a hospital or birthing center should be tested.
All babies born at home should be tested by the midwife as well.
Too many children and mothers slip through the cracks.
Too many mothers have already had several other children removed, only to move to another state to give birth to yet another child at risk.
This should be mandated just like PKU testing and if positive should be required to be reported to a national agency just like certain diseases and sexually transmitted diseases are.
I don't have a clue how this could be funded or followed up on, but the most innocent that have just arrived to experience life deserve it!
MOO



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Pamela_Brewer said:

This probably isn't a popular opinion, but I believe ALL newborns born in a hospital or birthing center should be tested.
All babies born at home should be tested by the midwife as well.
Too many children and mothers slip through the cracks.
Too many mothers have already had several other children removed, only to move to another state to give birth to yet another child at risk.
This should be mandated just like PKU testing and if positive should be required to be reported to a national agency just like certain diseases and sexually transmitted diseases are.
I don't have a clue how this could be funded or followed up on, but the most innocent that have just arrived to experience life deserve it!
MOO

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Pamela_Brewer said:

This probably isn't a popular opinion, but I believe ALL newborns born in a hospital or birthing center should be tested.
All babies born at home should be tested by the midwife as well.
Too many children and mothers slip through the cracks.
Too many mothers have already had several other children removed, only to move to another state to give birth to yet another child at risk.
This should be mandated just like PKU testing and if positive should be required to be reported to a national agency just like certain diseases and sexually transmitted diseases are.
I don't have a clue how this could be funded or followed up on, but the most innocent that have just arrived to experience life deserve it!
MOO



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The 8-year-old boy has a different father. Cannon said that man was contacted by the Division of Child and Family Services after Christenson's arrest. He said he did not want to separate the boy from his stepsiblings and asked to take all four children into his custody, which the state agency agreed to, Cannon said.
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/...addiction-by-giving-her-drugs-police-say.html

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