Abstract Purpose of Review Women with opioid use disorder (OUD) face unique challenges
the moment they enter treatment. This narrative review focused on recent literature …

Background Punitive legal responses to prenatal drug use may be associated with
unintended adverse health consequences. However, in a rapidly shifting policy climate …

We study the effect of punitive and priority treatment policies relating to illicit substance use
during pregnancy on the rate of neonatal drug withdrawal syndrome, low birth weight, low …

Importance States have enacted criminal justice–related substance use policies to address
prenatal substance use and protect infants from adverse health effects of parental substance …

We studied the effect of state punitive and supportive prenatal substance use policies on
reports of infant maltreatment to child protection agencies. Punitive policies criminalize …

Abstract Background The United States is facing a substance use crisis. One consequence,
resulting from overdose deaths, arrests, parental and prenatal substance use, is increased …

Background and aims Following nearly a decade of entry declines, foster care entries in the
United States began to rise steadily since 2012, largely because of dramatic increases in …

Introduction States' approaches to addressing prenatal substance use are widely
heterogeneous, ranging from supportive policies that enhance access to substance use …

State responses to substance use during pregnancy have included policies designed to
increase access to substance use treatment as well as punish such substance use. Prior …

Foster care placements for infants can be consequential. Research suggests that infants'
path through and beyond the care system is different than the experience for children of …