Drug treatment for mothers in South Carolina

A new CNN story, Pregnant and addicted, mothers in South Carolina find hope, features Serenity Place, a model program that allows women to obtain treatment and keep some of their children with them. Unfortunately, Serenity Place only has 16 beds. Moreover, by focusing on a rare positive program, the story misses an opportunity to address the junk science, the racism, and the focus on punishment that governs South Carolina’s policies toward drug using pregnant and parenting women. There is also a video about the program featuring wise comments by Wanda McMichaels.