A 37-year-old member asked:
how much of a role does drug abuse in pregnancy play in adult addiction in baby later?
2 doctor answers • 4 doctors weighed in
Dr. Susan Uhrich answered
Psychiatry 36 years experience
It's awfully hard: For a baby to become addicted if the mother doesn't use.
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Dr. Jeffrey Roth answered
Addiction Medicine 43 years experience
Family disease: Addiction is a family disease; it may be passed biologically, emotionally and psychologically from parents (or grandparents) to children.
5936 viewsReviewed >2 years ago
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