The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals urged the Legislature to change the law to allow pregnant medical marijuana card holders to be prosecuted for child neglect.
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
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.