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Woman charged under viable fetus law
Accused of drug abuse while pregnant
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A 22-year-old woman has been charged after tests allegedly revealed that her newborn baby had been exposed to drugs while in utero. Smithville Police arrested Samantha Shaye Goodson and charged her under viable fetus as victim laws on March 18. Police said Goodson gave birth to a child in November 2015, and a drug test of the umbilical cord came back positive for hydromorphone and marijuana.