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(HealthNewsDigest.com) – “People are convinced that cocaine doesn’t cause severe damage, but I also think they are beginning to realize that it does have important effects,” said Barry Lester, a psychologist at Brown University.
Many crack-exposed infants ended up as boarder babies — abandoned at the hospital by parents who couldn’t care for them. Some of these children have been troubled throughout their lives. But national crime rates, predicted to soar when the children came of age, have instead dropped to record lows. Despite decades of research, it can be hard to parse whether children born to crack-addicted mothers have struggled because of early exposure to drugs, troubled upbringings or simple teenage defiance.
The Washington Post looks at how in the two decades that have passed since crack dominated drug markets in the District and around the nation, these babies have grown into young adults who can tell their stories — and for the most part, they are tales of success.
To read more, visit http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/15/AR2010041502434.html?hpid=dynamiclead.
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