Pregnancy & Drug Use

Published October 31, 2012

Pregnancy & Drug Use – In Fairfield County, nearly 1 in 3 pregnant women at local hospitals test positive for drugs at some point during their pregnancies.

Motherhood might limit the effect of cocaine on the brain

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However, if they applied some stress them, the mothers took more cocaine compared to the non-maternal rats. Thus, stress appeared to be a strong motivator for cocaine use. The pregnancy hormones estrogen and progesterone can change the brain …
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Pregnant woman jailed for breaching bail

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'You cannot come here thinking that Court is a joke, and use your pregnancy as an excuse for lenient judgments,' Magistrate tells woman as he jails her for three months for breaching bail conditions she obtained just 24 hours earlier. … Despite …
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