On 4 Nov 2003, Paul Smith wrote:
> I'm heading out the door so I don't have time to find a link, but
> you'll find an interesting related article in the Science Times
> section of today's NYTimes ("Alcohol's Toll on Fetuses: Even Worse
> Than Thought").
>
Thanks, Paul, for a tip to a great article. In view of our
discussions of the myth of crack babies, I thought these comments
from the article particularly ironic. They quoted an author of the
study that:
"We found more serious cognitive impairment in relation to alcohol
than cocaine or other drugs, including marijuana and smoking,"
And this:
"The consensus, I think, at this point is that most of the adverse
effects that had been reported due to cocaine and crack use were from
alcohol use," said Dr. Kenneth R. Warren, the director of the office
of scientific affairs at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and
Alcoholism. "It is the leading cause of birth defects due to an
ingested environmental substance in this country".
But, of course, alcohol is legal (even during pregnancy) while
cocaine and marijuana are not.
Article at http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/04/health/04FETA.html
but not for long.
Stephen
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