Poverty, Not Crack, Biggest Factor in Addicted Babies Lives

Poverty, Not Crack, Biggest Factor in Addicted Babies Lives

Filed under: Crack Cocaine Babies

For almost 25 years, researchers from the University of Pennsylvania followed 224 children born with cocaine in their systems in Philadelphia and found no real significant difference between them and babies born with no drugs in their system. Read more on BET (blog)

Ex-Bartonville police dog transitions into retirement with a new master

Filed under: Crack Cocaine Babies

Shadow once found powder cocaine in a baby bag in the backseat of a car stopped for a safety check. … I'm scolding him and telling him to stop because I thought he'd gotten into some powdered baby formula or something like that," Simmons said … Read more on Peoria Journal Star

CHOP Study Finds Poverty As Factor That Determines Future Of Babies …

Filed under: Crack Cocaine Babies

… A remarkable study, conducted by Children's Hospital of Philadelphia physicians, takes a look at the lives of babies born addicted to crack and compares their progress to children from the same socioeconomic background that were not exposed to cocaine. Read more on KYW Newsradio