Drug Treatment During Pregnancy
Discrimination against women
The general shortage of drug treatment slots is aggra-
vated by the unwillingness of many drug programs to include
pregnant women. A recent survey in New York City by the
author revealed that 54 percent of treatment programs cate-
gorically excluded the pregnant. Effective availability was
further limited by restrictions on method of payment or
specific substance of abuse. Sixty-seven percent of the
programs rejected pregnant Medicaid patients and only 13
percent accepted pregnant Medicaid patients addicted to
crack.3