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Prenatal cocaine exposure (PCE), theorized in the 1970s, occurs when a pregnant woman uses cocaine including crack cocaine and thereby exposes her fetus to the drug.Babies whose mothers used cocaine while pregnant supposedly have increased risk of several different health issues during growth and development and are colloquially known as crack babies.
There are pre- and post-natal exposure risk of neurobehavioral disorders. The exposure during pregnancy can alter the newborn infants' short and long term adverse effects. This can include low birth weight, reduced head circumference, cognitive deficits, emotional dysregulation, high impulsiveness, and higher risk to develop a substance ...
Crack baby is a term for a child born to a mother who used crack cocaine during her pregnancy. The threat that cocaine use during pregnancy poses to the fetus is now considered exaggerated. [ 27 ] Studies show that prenatal cocaine exposure (independent of other effects such as, for example, alcohol, tobacco, or physical environment) has no ...
Two people were arrested in South Carolina and accused of trying to traffic illicit drugs under a false pregnancy belly, authorities said. 1,500 grams of cocaine fall out of woman's fake pregnancy ...
Cardiac muscles become more sensitive to cocaine in pregnancy, in the presence of increasing progesterone concentrations. [86] Cocaine use leads to increased risk for perinatal outcomes: preterm delivery, low birth weight (less than 2500 grams) or reduced birth rate, small size and earlier gestational age at delivery. [87]
Overall, those children who were exposed to cocaine during pregnancy had lower scores on the Short Term Memory scale than unexposed children at all age levels, especially boys. Cocaine exposure also predicted lower IQ scores in general. [32] Exposing prenatal offspring to cocaine can cause irreversible damage and increase developmental risks. [32]
Dublin is in the midst of a crack cocaine crisis, according to the city's drug counsellors. The number of people seeking treatment for the use of the drug in the Republic of Ireland increased by ...
Marshall was arrested for felony cocaine possession and providing a false identity to law enforcement, according to the Houston Chronicle. Marshall was observed having a seizure in her cell prior to her death, according to the Huntsville Item. Jail or Agency: Walker County Jail; State: Texas; Date arrested or booked: 4/26/2016; Date of death: 5 ...