1990_05 The Daily Collegian May 1990

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Thepaily Collegian
Wednesday, May 2,1990      Page 3
Babies at risk born
to parents on drugs
By Scott T. Barnes
Contributing Writer
It is 1995. Your baby is taken away
from you as soon as it Is bom. Youare
not to nurture it, not to see It Thebaby
is underdeveloped. Its head is small. Its
limbs shake uncontrollably. In order to
survive, it must be injected with co¬
caine.
This scenario is is too close to reality.
County officials warn that in the next
lew years, as many as 10 percent of the
nation s youth may be slow learners who
are unable to keep u p with their peers as
a result of being bom to drug-using
parents. Officials say the problem lies
not with the students of tomorrow, but
with the families of today.
April 28 on Channel 18, there was a
panel discussion on "babies at risk,'
about babies born to drug-using par¬
ents. On the panel were Pat Hurt, a
social worker for Tulare County; Clara
Halely. a foster parent who works with
drug addicted babies: KFSN-Channel
30 reporter Steve Pickett: KVPT-Chan-
nel 18 reporter Brian Zleglen and CSUF
Journalism department Chair James
Tucker as moderator.
According to speakers on the panel,
one out of every 10 mothers In the
United States uses cocaine during preg¬
nancy. Many of the babies bom to
cocaine using parents have low birth
weights, are deformed, and do not sleep
or eat well. Many of them die from
sudden Infant death syndrome, also
known as crib death. It is feared that
when they are older, cocaine babies will
have trouble learning.
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Addicted babies are often taken away
from their patents for the first few weeks
of life so they can receive hospital care.
Foster parents, like Halely. aid the hos¬
pital In getting the baby off the drug.
Hurt said there are several things that
ciUes can doto speed up recovery. Panel
members discussed the possibilty of
having counselors visit the homes of
families on recovery programs. This
form of therapy would continue after the
baby was given back to the parents.
They also menUoned making It a re-
quirment for parents to attend recovery
classes until the addicUon is overcome.
Another suggestion was to create a
home for both the babies and parents to
live under supervision in order to over¬
come the addiction. One panelist noted
that this wonld come at a high cost to the
public.
Halely has cared for seven drug-ad¬
dicted babies. She calls the experience
"scary."
"You hurt for that child." she said.
"You feel for that child's pain."
Babies bom to cocaine-using parents
are often hyperactive, many sleeping
only two or three hours per night, wak¬
ing up crying and screaming from with-
drawls, said members of the panel.
One panelist suggested that all preg¬
nant mothers be tested for drug use.
Hurt said she Is all for it. She said they
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