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If parents did drugs in the past will this affect their children?
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Maternal drug abuse: Drugs can pass through the placenta and affect the fetus. Depends on what drugs were taken it can cause growth, developmental, neurological and other systemic issues like fetal alcohol syndrome.
Answered 3/28/2015
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