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City-level estimates; country centres are used where a town cannot be located. Geography: GeoNames and Natural Earth.
| Mother / Alias ↕ | Quick summary ↕ | Outcome ↕ | Jurisdiction ↕ | Year ↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daisy Bram | Butte County took a nursing newborn and his toddler brother for four months after their parents' arrest for growing cannabis. | Baby Returned Returned after four months | CA, United States | 2011 |
| Neecha Dupuis | A nurse at The Ottawa Hospital warned that CAS would take Neecha's baby if he tested positive for cannabis; at discharge she was told she couldn't leave because CAS had 'red-flagged' her. | Baby Returned Kept her baby after an advocate intervened | Ottawa, ON, Canada | 2011 |
| Chanetto Rivers | New York's ACS separated Chanetto from her newborn son for his first week over a cannabis test taken without consent, when cannabis was legal; the city settled. | Returned After Court Action Reunited by a judge; city paid $75,000 plus fees | Bronx, NY, United States | 2023 |
| Valencia Mother Who Fled | A Valencia mother who had already lost a baby over a cannabis test fled hospital with her newborn to stop social services taking her; police found them 18 days later. | Foster Care Taken into emergency care at under a month old | Valencia, V, Spain | 2026 |