gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 4 months agoOklahoma court rules moms who use medical marijuana while pregnant aren’t breaking the law - The court urged the Legislature to change the law to allow prosecutions for child neglectwww.readfrontier.orgexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up1117arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1113arrow-down1external-linkOklahoma court rules moms who use medical marijuana while pregnant aren’t breaking the law - The court urged the Legislature to change the law to allow prosecutions for child neglectwww.readfrontier.orggAlienLifeform@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 4 months agomessage-square11fedilinkfile-text
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minus-squareDonkter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·4 months agoThis has me thinking. Do we prosecute for child neglect for cigarettes? As far as I’m aware we don’t. I don’t think that people should smoke cigarettes while pregnant but it hurts the baby just as much and it would make the ruling consistent
minus-squareCrikeste@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up9·4 months agoI don’t think anyone has actually been charged with neglect over cigarettes, but this (https://www.southerncaliforniadefenseblog.com/2014/10/should_smoking_and_drinking_wh.html) implies that it is possible to do so. But yeah, very weird overall double standard given how dangerous cigarettes are.
This has me thinking. Do we prosecute for child neglect for cigarettes? As far as I’m aware we don’t. I don’t think that people should smoke cigarettes while pregnant but it hurts the baby just as much and it would make the ruling consistent
I don’t think anyone has actually been charged with neglect over cigarettes, but this (https://www.southerncaliforniadefenseblog.com/2014/10/should_smoking_and_drinking_wh.html) implies that it is possible to do so. But yeah, very weird overall double standard given how dangerous cigarettes are.