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Question: For this assignment, I want you to consider the issue of pregnant women exposing their unborn children to drugs in utero, which results in a child being born drug dependent. This is considered child neglect. To address this issue, some law makers have attempted to be very punitive with mothers (removing their children and arresting and prosecuting the women) and others have utilized less severe responses (harm reduction strategies such as drug court). Your assignment is to first gather sufficient information regarding this issue and then consider different options utilized in Florida and in other areas. Research should, at a minimum, include answers to these questions: How widespread is this problem (how many children are born drug-dependent)? What is the harm to the child? Long-term? Short-term? For this, focus on opioids (heroin and pain pills), since it is very common. What does Florida do with the women that expose their children to drugs? What other strategies are popular? Have any of these strategies been found to be effective? What are the pros and cons to different strategies? After educating yourself about this issue and considering different responses to it, you will need to identify what you think is the right