Pubdate: Tue, 18 Aug 2015
Source: Washington Post (DC)
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Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/491
Author: Sarah Willens Kass
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v15/n454/a03.html

AN ADDICT'S NEEDS VS. HER CHILD'S

Regarding the Aug. 13 front-page article "When life begins in rehab":

Let me get this straight: Ashley Kennedy faces no criminal charges 
for the agonizing pain she inflicted on her daughter, Makenzee, and 
when Ms. Kennedy and Makenzee are released from treatment, they will 
leave together.

It seems that as a community we believe that addicts' criminal acts 
are not their fault and that their efforts to "get clean" outweigh 
the long-term interests of a severely injured infant who needs to 
find protection and stability.

Sarah Willens Kass, Washington
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