Substance Abuse During Pregnancy Not Linked To Poor Academic Achievements

BY SORIN PEDALANO

 
The on-line journal of Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies  has recently published the results of a new study conducted by a team of researchers from Boston University Schools of Medicine and Public Health along with Boston Medical center. This study shows that intrauterine exposure to cocaine, tobacco and marijuana does not affect the children’s academic achievement test scores. On the other hand, children exposed to alcohol during their mother’s pregnancy, with no evidence of fetal alcohol syndrome, received lower test scores especially in math, reasoning and spelling.
 
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