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What can i do if my mother was a cocaine addict while pregnant with me. how can that affect a person?

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Less than we thought: Surprisingly little data have emerged suggesting long term deleterious effects of maternal Cocaine abuse. That is not to say that there are no such effects; we simply do not have great data.

Dr Pappas and 3 doctors agreed

Answered 5/7/2016

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