Parents, lawyers and advocates say the NYC's Administration for Children's Services is still using marijuana to remove children from their parents despite recent legalization and longstanding policies discouraging separations on the use of cannabis alone.
Now, after legalization, they said the same stigma persists, both against people who use marijuana recreationally, and — according to some lawyers and advocates — against parents with prescriptions for medical marijuana.
"Let's say that parent also sees a mental health professional,” Natarajan said.
“I’m not a woman who had kids just to have them. I literally prayed for each one of my children. At one point in time, I could not have kids. So to pop out five? That is a blessing,” she said. “God blessed me with my children. He knew, ‘She's gonna take care of them. They’re going to be alright.’ But here are these outside entities who’s telling me: ‘You’re a bad mom, because of family history. And because you smoke weed. And because you're in the shelter system. Because you're getting Medicaid, you're a bad mom,’” Brooks said. “And that’s wrong on many f—ing levels.
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