Szalavitz, Maia, <br/><br/>
The Demon Seed That Wasn't. 
Maia Szalavitz. 
 -  City Limits,  2004. 
 - SIRS Enduring Issues 2005.  Article 68,  Health,  1522-323X; .
<br/><br/> Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2005.  Originally Published: The Demon Seed That Wasn't, March 2004; pp. 16+. 
<br/><br/> "In a century of drug scare stories, the 'crack baby' was a crowning achievement. Throughout the late 1980s and early 1990s, images of horrifyingly tiny, herky-jerky infants with eerie, cat-like cries flooded television screens and prompted columns about a new 'biological underclass' and a 'lost generation.' Media coverage of the crack 'epidemic' began as a trickle in 1984, but by the following year had exploded into a tsunami. Crack, Nancy Reagan said, was 'killing a whole generation.'" (CITY LIMITS) This article discusses "the effects of prenatal cocaine exposure," identifies "what caused the so-called 'crack babies' to seem so sickly" and suggests that although "years of research have debunked the notion of the crack baby among medical experts" the myth still lingers. 
<br/><br/><label>ISSN: </label>1522-323X; 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Cocaine--Physiological effect<br/>Crack (Drug)<br/>Drug abuse<br/>Fetus--Effect of drugs on<br/>Infants--Effect of drugs on<br/>Infants (Premature)<br/>Substance abuse in pregnancy
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>AC1.S5 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>050