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Crack Babies

You're Wrong About

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The Effect of Cocaine on Children

Pregnant women all over the country had their blood tested if they tested positive for cocaine there were federal prosecutors waiting it was a new angle of attack on overwhelmingly poor women of color. The crack baby stories provided a point of entry for this kind of really not to say overzealous but enthusiastic prosecution and i think that we're just the more we're putting people in prison the more comfortable we feel, she says.

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