JEFFERSON COUNTY, Mo. — A mom and dad from De Soto have been charged after their 5-month-old tested positive for methamphetamine.
Kristin B. Horn and Robert S. Horn have been charged with endangering the welfare of a child after their baby tested positive for meth.
According to court documents, the Horns admitted to a Department of Family Services worker that they had smoke methamphetamine in their De Soto home while their 5-month-old was there.
The court documents said the baby was admitted to the St. Louis Children’s Hospital on Aug. 19 where a urine drug screen tested positive for methamphetamine.
The condition of the baby has not been released.
Mugshots of both parents have not been released because they have not been arrested, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office. The charges have been filed, but they haven’t been brought in yet, a spokesperson said.
The baby was treated at St. Louis Children’s Hospital, but other hospitals in our area report seeing babies impacted by drugs, too.
"We still have a lot of kids coming into the nursery with methamphetamine,” Dr. Ken Haller with SSM Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital said.
"Babies are very sensitive to the environment, what's in the air, what's in what they eat, so when people are smoking like methamphetamine, it can get into the baby's body, the central nervous system and cause some severe problems,” he said.
Dr. Haller told 5 On Your Side, even before moms give birth, there's help for addiction at a place called the WISH Center.
"This is a program where women who are addicted to any drug can get the kind of support they need, especially during pregnancy, so that the baby will do as well as possible,” he said.