Revisiting the 'Crack Babies' Epidemic That Was Not

Revisiting the 'Crack Babies' Epidemic That Was Not
This week's Retro Report video on “crack babies” (infants born to addicted mothers) lays out how limited scientific studies in the 1980s led to predictions that a generation of children would be damaged for life. Those predictions turned out to be … Read more on New York Times

How Science Got The 'Crack Baby' Epidemic So Wrong
For those of you who may not recall, the mid-1980s were rife with hysteria surrounding cocaine–in particular crack cocaine–and the huge social toll it was taking on the U.S. New and little-understood, crack was associated with all kinds of social … Read more on Popular Science

When mom's an addict, so is her baby
PORTSMOUTH — Drug addiction is a sad reality on the Seacoast and across the country and often the smallest, most innocent victims are the ones with no choice. It is a fact … off the drug. If there is no return of the symptoms, the baby is ready to … Read more on Seacoastonline.com