Karma is a concept of Hinduism which explains through a system where beneficial effects are derived from past beneficial actions and harmful effects from past harmful actions, creating a system of actions and reactions throughout a soul's (Atman's) reincarnated lives forming a cycle of rebirth.
You can infer that the young mothers addiction had started off from an early life because maybe somebody in her family used the substance and so she got pulled into the same cycle , or she experimented and got addicted. you can also tell that she’s been doing it for a long time because she’s willing to give up her children and the chance to give them a life of their own instead of giving up the drugs that satisfy her selfish needs. ( hope this helped )
Hate speech is and only is legal under the first amendment when no one is being put in danger by the speech. For example, you can say you hate this person but you can not say I hate this person and I will kill this person.