New mothers say they had to undergo devastating investigations after hospitals reported their false positive drug tests to child welfare agencies shortly after they gave birth. This report is ...

The Marshall Project reports that some pregnant people in Texas hospitals were given pain killers to treat symptoms of their pregnancy only to be reported to child welfare authorities for positive ...

A new mother from Alabama is warning pregnant patients after she says eating an "everything bagel" for breakfast before giving birth to her second child upended her family last spring. It all stemmed ...

Tigers prospect writer Emily Waldon was talking to professional baseball players recently, and came back with some unusual advice: Make sure your energy drink doesn’t make you test positive for ...

Celsius Holdings Inc. has responded to claims that its product, Celsius Energy Drink, contains an ingredient that could be flagged as cocaine on drug tests. The company, based in Boca Raton, Florida, ...

"A legislative update to the Texas Family Code in 2021 prevents the Department of Family and Protective Services from removing a child solely based on a parent testing positive for marijuana," write ...

A divided Colorado Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that a newborn's positive drug test by itself can lead to a finding of child neglect, even though legislators amended the law five years ago to ...

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Woman says poppy seeds led to positive drug test and custody battle. July 19, 2011— -- Eileen Bower of Pennsylvania is suing the Lawrence County Department of Children and Youth Services for ...

This article was published in partnership with The Marshall Project, a nonprofit news organization covering the U.S. criminal justice system, Reveal and Mother Jones. Amairani Salinas was 32 weeks ...

Amairani Salinas was 32 weeks pregnant with her fourth child in 2023 when doctors at a Texas hospital discovered that her baby no longer had a heartbeat. As they prepped her for an emergency cesarean ...