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Can using drugs as a teen have health affects on your future children?

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Possibly: A woman is born with all the eggs she will ever have & they sit waiting for release.Lifetime exposures to diet/drugs/xrays& illness prior to release will effect the egg quality.Effect of age on freq of birth defects is well known & now micro-array chromasome studies in autism point to new concerns. Men may get a bit of a pass as the damaged swimmers are not as likely to win the race to the egg.

Answered 5/14/2016

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Dr. Carla Enriquez answered

Specializes in Pediatrics

Indirectly: If you survived your drug use, you will likely have no problems as a consequence with your children. Persistent drug use as a parent will harm your children irreparably.

Answered 10/8/2012

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