Kristine Buie gave birth to a baby boy that tested positive for "Meth" & "Xanax"

[Tazzzz]

Kristine T. Buie

She got sentenced for 3 years but might get out in 1 year, Guess thats better than nothing. No telling how much damage the bitch did to her sweet sweet baby boy. I am sure it wasn't the only time she did it but come on 8 months preggers and your popping Xanax and smoking fucking Meth??? WTF!!!

A Shelbyville woman who gave birth to a baby that tested positive for drugs will spend at least the next year in jail after pleading guilty Thursday.
Kristine T. Buie agreed to a sentence of three years on the charge of aggravated assault before Circuit Court Judge Lee Russell.

Buie gave birth to a boy on June 1 who had respiratory difficulty and was "very poorly responsive," Assistant District Attorney Mike Randles said.

The infant had to be placed on oxygen and IV therapy and was admitted to the intensive care step-down unit at Harton Regional Medical Center in Tullahoma, Randles explained.

Randles said the baby tested positive for methamphetamine and benzodiazepine (Xanax) as well as the mother, and a letter was written by the child's pediatrician concerning the mother's drug abuse.

"They concluded that the child was affected by maternal drug use," Randles said. "She (Buie) was interviewed and admitted that two days before giving birth, that she had used methamphetamine and Xanax at a party in Shelbyville."

According to researchers, methamphetamine use during pregnancy appears to cause abnormal brain development in children.

"Methamphetamine use is an increasing problem among women of childbearing age, leading to an increasing number of children with prenatal meth exposure," stated Dr. Linda Chang with the John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa in Honolulu.

Brain scans performed on 3- and 4-year-old children whose mothers used meth while pregnant suggest prenatal meth exposure accelerates brain development in an abnormal pattern, according to the online journal Neurology.

Studies have shown that prenatal meth exposure can lead to increased stress and lethargy and poorer quality of movement for infants.

Long-term studies are underway to determine if the brain differences found in children with prenatal exposure to meth will normalize with age, the study says.

Buie was originally charged with aggravated child abuse by Detective Carol Jean of the Shelbyville Police Department, but Randles explained there have been several cases before the Tennessee Court of Appeals that states that "the statute does not apply in these situations because the definition of the word 'child' in the TCA (Tennessee Code Annotated) does not include a fetus."

As a result, the charge had to be amended to aggravated assault, which is a lesser charge, Randles said.

Randles said Buie will become eligible to meet with the parole board after serving 30 percent of the three-year sentence.

http://www.t-g.com/story/1568113.html

[ImmortalOne]

I'm assuming the Xanax was not prescribed during the pregnancy (or before) I didn't know people abused this kind of drug. Wow I guess I was naive.

[Awhell]

These are the ones that I have no hope for. The addicts that can't stop, literally even to save a life, are the ones that will die of their addiction.

I hope little one recovers fully, but the chances of that are about nil.

[Mom2three]

That is just so sad. Why do people do that? I felt guilty any time I had a Diet Dr. Pepper when I was pregnant the last time (which I cut down to a few times a week). How the hell do you do meth and Xanax?

[thequeenofsorrow]

Wow meth to stay awake and xans to sleep. Damn. And she had other kids too? Wow. She should have to work and pay for every bit of physical and mental therapy this child will need for life. And her crotch superglued too.

[Tazzzz]

Theres quite a few comments left on the news site from friends or family. They are claiming the boyfrined was making meth the whole time and tempting her with it. Either way the poor little newborn was exposed to toxic chemicals the whole time he was bakin in the oven. That means he has allot more problums than if she had just used that one time. Poor little guy.

[Awhell]

I hope that isn't the defense. That it wasn't her fault...she's never smoked meth while pregnant, she just sat around on top of the highly explosive, highly toxic fumes that are associated with meth labs. Because that's so much better.

[Athena]

I don't think this should be a prosecutable offense. Sure - perhaps the CPS should be involved at this point, but it shouldn't be a criminal issue.

What about alcohol and cigarettes or other legal intoxicants? Hell, my sister was prescribed Xanax while pregnant. Should that really make a difference? What about when marijuana gets legalized? Other drugs?

Don't be fooled, folks - this isn't about the child's safety. It's simply an extention of the government's war on drugs.

[Tazzzz]

I hope that isn't the defense. That it wasn't her fault...she's never smoked meth while pregnant, she just sat around on top of the highly explosive, highly toxic fumes that are associated with meth labs. Because that's so much better.

LoL, no that was never mentioned at the trial or it would have gone much worse for her than it already was. She got of lightly because the baby supposedly only had one exposure to meth , when the reality of it was it was pretty much a 24/7 thing.

One ot the things I enjoyed about this news reporter was the meth exposure info provided. I wasn't aware of most of it and the long term effect is has on children still in the womb when exposed to meth.

Brain scans performed on 3- and 4-year-old children whose mothers used meth while pregnant suggest prenatal meth exposure accelerates brain development in an abnormal pattern, according to the online journal Neurology.

[absinthe]

I don't think this should be a prosecutable offense. Sure - perhaps the CPS should be involved at this point, but it shouldn't be a criminal issue.

What about alcohol and cigarettes or other legal intoxicants? Hell, my sister was prescribed Xanax while pregnant. Should that really make a difference? What about when marijuana gets legalized? Other drugs?

Don't be fooled, folks - this isn't about the child's safety. It's simply an extention of the government's war on drugs.

if this was solely about the child's welfare, then every time a child was born with a prescription drug in his/her system, the mother would be prosecuted. this only happens with illegal drugs.

how many of you think that if the baby only tested positive for xanax, CPS would even be involved?

either way, the mother is a piece of shit, so please don't think i'm trying to defend her.

[Toxic]

I FUCKING LIVE IN SHELBYVILLE!! My youngest was born at HRMC.....

Prescribing xanax to a pregnant woman is dangerous, it has been known to canse cleft palate, as well as other problems. Unless the woman desperately needs them, it isnt prescribed here...

The fact that this cunt did meth while 9 mos pregnant disgusts me, and tennessee drug tests ALL babies born now and if they test positive for anything thats not prescribed, DCS is notified

[badfish76]

I'm sure she wasn't getting the Xanax from her doctor.

[misssmartypants]

Im surprised at the jail time stuff, and Im also what the fuck ever. I know a lady who smokes meth, drinks til squinty eyed, bongs out and buys the said meth weed and beer, before food, pops pills indiscriminately, and whoops, to save on formula, breastfeeds. Cps pretty did jack shit when they asked for a UA, and she said nope, Im dirty. So, whatever. Some get through and some dont.