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Málaga Baby Discharged After Cannabis Exposure Linked to Breastfeeding

Police say the 24-year-old mother admitted using cannabis during lactation.

Overview

  • The four-month-old spent eleven days in hospital, including time in intensive care for a severe respiratory condition, before being discharged after a favorable recovery.
  • A toxicology test during the ICU stay was positive for cannabis, triggering an investigation by the National Police minors unit.
  • Officers detained the mother on January 15 on suspicion of serious injury by gross negligence, then released her after procedural formalities.
  • Judicial authorities and the regional child-protection service were notified, and provisional custody of the baby was assigned to the grandmother.
  • Investigators report that the parents are habitual consumers of narcotics, and the case remains under police inquiry.