The Demon Seed That Wasn't. Maia Szalavitz.
by Szalavitz, Maia; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2005Article 68Health. Publisher: City Limits, 2004ISSN: 1522-323X;.Subject(s): Cocaine -- Physiological effect | Crack (Drug) | Drug abuse | Fetus -- Effect of drugs on | Infants -- Effect of drugs on | Infants (Premature) | Substance abuse in pregnancyDDC classification: 050 Summary: "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.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: The Demon Seed That Wasn't, March 2004; pp. 16+.
"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.
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