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1 Running Head: DRUG EFFECTS ON THE UNBORN Drug Effects on the Unborn Student’s Name Institutional Affiliations DRUG EFFECTS ON THE UNBORN 2 Drug Effects on the Unborn Introduction Fetal development depends on the nutrients acquired from the expectant mother's bloodstream. During the gestation period, nutrients, biochemical products, and fluids are directly passed from the mother's blood to the unborn child's entire body parts through the amniotic fluid (Mick, Biederman, Faraone, Sayer, & Kleinman, 2002). Thus, the healthy development of a child while in the womb is dependent on the health of the mother. Drug use during pregnancy exposes the child to congenital disabilities. Exposure to congenital disabilities occurs because drugs contain poisonous substances harmful to the development of the unborn child. Chemical substances, such as nicotine, carbon monoxide, alcohol contents are detrimental to the child's brain and body development (Mick et al., 2002). Thus, expectant mothers are advised against drug use. The Effect of Tobacco Smoking on the Unborn Tobacco smoking during pregnancy has long term effects on the unborn baby during the pregnancy, at birth, and after birth. Inhaled poisons from tobacco smoking such as nicotine and carbon monoxide get carried by the mother’s bloodstream into the bloodstream of the unborn child (Mick et al., 2002). The effects of tobacco smoking are so adverse such that there is no minimum limit that would warrant the safety of the unbor ...
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