I am from Alabama, and I can tell you that they are drug testing meconium on newborns. I am not sure if it is standard protocol or only if suspicious. What I can say is that Alabama IS arresting women and taking babies for marijuana. I am a pharmacist here and I am also pregnant and smoking. Luckily I am only 6 weeks. I have thought about calling neonatal units telling them I am doing research in an effort to find out policy. So far I have not done so. I am smoking because I was smoking the "legal" stuff before laws changed. I know through much research that marijuana is generally harmless to a fetus. I smoked during previous pregnancy and have a child who is at the absolute to of his class. I have lost 10 lbs so far from severe morning sickness. It saddens me to learn that Alabama is taking this stance and hiss created such a crazy law. The law was meant to punish those subjecting children to places where drys are manufactured or used. This was aimed at meth labs. They have extrapolated that "place" where drugs are being taken to include the womb. Go figure. If you find out if it is protocol, please post this info. Until then guess I need to put down the weed and start puking again. Sad that you can take possibly harmful synthetic cannabinoids, and it will more than likely not even be tested for.