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Effects of Cocaine On the Child.  

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EFFECTS OF COCAINE ON THE CHILD.2 Summary of journal. The author starts the journal with a brief outlook on the development of research on the effects of drug use during pregnancy. She explains how to begin with it was very difficult to study this topic but as time has gone by the researchers have been able to progress in both animal and human studies. However despite this great achievement when in the mid 1980's cocaine came back on the scene scientists and drug researchers found themselves in difficulty as their differing views were not what the general public was aware of. The public, helped by the media were still in belief that use of drugs such as cocaine during pregnancy would have horrific effects on a child. This view however was in opposition to the view of scientists at that time. The author then informs the reader that throughout the...

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