'Crack Baby' Scare Overblown, Says Study Showing No Big Effects in Teens Exposed Before Birth

'Crack baby' scare overblown, says study showing no big effects in teens exposed before birth
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CHICAGO – Research in teens adds fresh evidence that the 1980s "crack baby" scare was overblown, finding little proof of any major long-term ill effects in children whose mothers used cocaine during pregnancy.
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‘Crack baby’ scare overblown, research on teens shows
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Some studies have linked pregnant women’s cocaine use with children’s behavior difficulties, attention problems, anxiety and worse school performance. But the effects were mostly small and may have resulted from other factors including family problems or violence, parents’ continued drug use and poverty, the researchers said.
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'Crack baby' scare overblown, teen research says
Filed under: cocaine abuse symptoms
CHICAGO (AP) — Research in teens adds fresh evidence that the 1980s "crack baby" scare was overblown, finding little proof of any major long-term ill effects in children whose mothers used cocaine during pregnancy.
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