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Topics: Pregnancy & Drugs

2007 7 min
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Sarah Payne is the senior practice leader at the Fir Square Combined Care Unit with the BC Women’s Hospital. She describes an open-door harm-reduction philosophy where she and her colleagues advocate for providing support to keep mothers who use drugs and their babies together; she also discusses the effects of illicit drugs on babies. *Watch the complete documentary. *View all 10 educational playlists. *Explore the Teacher's Guide for this chapter.

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Sarah Payne is the senior practice leader at the Fir Square Combined Care Unit with the BC Women’s Hospital. She describes an open-door harm-reduction philosophy where she and her colleagues advocate for providing support to keep mothers who use drugs and their babies together; she also discusses the effects of illicit drugs on babies.



*Watch the complete documentary.
*View all 10 educational playlists.

*Explore the Teacher's Guide for this chapter.

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    Nettie Wild

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