Tough on Drugs

Results from the first large-scale, prospective study of prenatal methamphetamine use show that newborns exposed to the drug are more than three times as likely to be born underweight. Appearing in Pediatrics, the findings mirror those from studies of prenatal cocaine use, says Barry Lester, a professor and researcher at Brown Medical School and Women & Infants Hospital.

Posted on Sat, 16 Sep 2006 00:00:00 EDT at http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/200...205056.htm