Pregnancy and Substance Abuse

• Latest News
• Over Four Percent of Pregnant Women Used Illicit Drugs in Past Month (06/02/2005, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)

• From the National Institutes of Health
• Drinking and Your Pregnancy (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism)
  Also available in: Spanish

• Overviews
• Drinking Alcohol during Pregnancy (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
• Illegal Drugs and Pregnancy (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists)

• Specific Conditions
• Drugs (Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction)
• Illicit Drug Use during Pregnancy (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
  Also available in: Spanish

• Related Issues
• JAMA Patient Page: Smoking and Pregnancy (American Medical Association)
  Also available in: Spanish
• Smoking and Pregnancy (American Lung Association)

• Research
• Animal Study Finds Effects on Behavior, Brain Chemistry of Prenatal MDMA Exposure (National Institute on Drug Abuse)
• Neurobehavioral Legacy of Prenatal Tobacco Exposure (National Institute on Drug Abuse)
• New Study Finds Babies Born to Mothers Who Drink Alcohol Heavily May Suffer Permanent Nerve Damage (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
• Preliminary Study Suggests Smoking While Pregnant May Increase Chromosomal Abnormalities in Fetal Cells (American Medical Association)

• Directories
• ACOG's Physician Directory (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists)
• Substance Abuse Treatment Facility Locator (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)

• Organizations
• National Institute on Chemical Dependency (NICD)
• March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation
  Also available in: Spanish
• National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
  Also available in: Spanish
• National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information
• National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
• National Institute on Drug Abuse

• Statistics
• PeriStats (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
• Pregnancy and Drug Use Trends (National Institute on Drug Abuse)
• Pregnant Women in Substance Abuse Treatment: 2002 (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)
• Preventing Smoking during Pregnancy (National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion)