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more anti-drug propaganda being proven incorrect.
http://www.kansascity.com/105/story/1034191.html
“Are there actually drug effects? Yes,” said Barry Lester, a professor of psychiatry at Brown University who directs the large federally funded Maternal Lifestyle Study. “But they’re small, not huge. … These kids are not damaged in the way we first thought.”
After monitoring these children into their teen years, researchers think cocaine exposure is less severe than alcohol and comparable to tobacco use during pregnancy.
Less damage may result from a chemical circulating in the mother than in the poverty or poor parenting resulting from drug addiction in the home.
http://www.kansascity.com/105/story/1034191.html
“Are there actually drug effects? Yes,” said Barry Lester, a professor of psychiatry at Brown University who directs the large federally funded Maternal Lifestyle Study. “But they’re small, not huge. … These kids are not damaged in the way we first thought.”
After monitoring these children into their teen years, researchers think cocaine exposure is less severe than alcohol and comparable to tobacco use during pregnancy.
Less damage may result from a chemical circulating in the mother than in the poverty or poor parenting resulting from drug addiction in the home.