A woman from the USA had real hell when she lost her newborn baby because of... salad she had eaten before the birth process.
How is it possible?
The problem was in her salad dressing!
An American woman ate a salad with carrots and poppy seed dressing. Immediately after the birth, child protection services took her newborn baby away from her because of a false positive drug test.
Susan Horton was giving birth to her fifth child. The woman did not read the contract with the hospital, according to which her urine was supposed to be tested for drugs. Can you imagine her state when analysis showed that her body contained opiates?
CPS took her newborn baby at once!
The woman couldn't believe that salad was guilty in that hell.
The US Department of Defense prohibits servicemen from eating poppy seeds
The seeds of the flower contain several opiates, including thebaine, which is not found in heroin.
In cases like Susan Horton's, toxicologists recommend focusing on this substance.
However, the hospital apparently did not know about such subtleties and considered a test for codeine, which is found in both the flower and drugs, sufficient.
It took Horton several weeks to go to court to get her child back.
And why isn't the hospital guilty in their actions and irresponsibility??
It's unbelievable to imagine Mom's and baby's state if hey were separated in the moment when they needed each other the most!
Her case is not the only one, since the practice of drug tests before childbirth has existed in the United States for many years.
In 2022 drug tests have given positive results more than 35,000 times, and social workers have removed more than 6,000 babies from their parents.
The program has been criticized by many experts - according to them, the tests are closer to guesswork than a reliable means, because clinics skimp on the quality of tests and often do not re-test the biomaterial.
Oh wow! I can imagine how she felt during and after everything.
I had no idea that there was a certain law like this, thanks for sharing this, it was educative.
Good job!
thanks!
poppy isn't so simple as it seems but tests should be done more carefully