"Alcohol produces more significant neurobehavioral effects in the fetus than other drug including cocaine, heroin and marijuana" (Bagheri, Burd, Martsolf, & Klug, 1997). ... "Publicly funded treatment program in the United States are only able to serve 11% of more than an estimated 280,000 pregnant alcohol and drug-d! ... An interesting tool that I came across was the T-Ace, which was developed to help health care workers identify pregnant women with alcohol abuse problems (CDC,1996). ... One interesting statement was the suggestion that many of these children are raised by parents who cont...

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