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The county's new initiative to verbally screen pregnant women for drug, alcohol and tobacco use isn't aimed at the stereotypical drug-addicted mom-to-be. It's aimed at the casual users, the white, college-educated expectant mother who might occasionally smoke or drink. It’s aimed at women like Nikki Garcia. Garcia, 38, walked through the Marketplace with her mother on a recent Wednesday afternoon. “It’s your life,” the Bakersfield mother said. “I think if you have a glass of wine every once in awhile, it’s OK.” Called Perinatal SART — screening, assessment, referral and treatment — the program educates physicians to ask pregnant women “gender-appropriate” questions about drug use and discuss with them the risks to the baby. The program emphasizes that there’s no safe amount. “The safe level is zero,” said Dr. Sudhir Patel, chief of neonatology at Kern Medical Center and director of neonatology...

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