An Alabama woman who continued to use hard drugs while pregnant admitted to using heroin while in labor just before the infant died, authorities said.
"She admitted that when she felt the labor pains and felt the child breaching she did self-administer a large dose of heroin," Sheriff's Sgt. Mark Bailey told the news outlet."In this situation, it’s an intentional act, it’s not just a reckless act, but it’s an intentional act," Bailey said.
"You usually don't have a woman give birth in her own residence and inject herself during birth with a large dose of heroin," Bailey said.
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