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‘Meth babies’ study sees behavior problems

The first study to look at methamphetamine’s potential lasting effects on children whose mothers used it in pregnancy finds these children at higher risk for behavior problems than other children. The behavior differences - anxiety, depression, moodiness - weren’t huge but still ”very worrisome,’’ said researcher Linda LaGasse of Brown University’s Center of the Study of Children at Risk.

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