Mothers smoking crack cocaine during pregnancy and its lingering effects on their children are the focus of 20-plus years of ongoing research by Case Western Reserve University While the crack cocaine epidemic peaked in the late 1980s, its effects are still causing harm to an estimated 3 million teenagers and young adults exposed to the stimulant in the womb. They are twice as likely to use tobacco and marijuana at age 15 and develop a substance use disorder at 17 … Continue reading Prenatal cocaine exposure increases risk of higher teen drug use, trouble coping with stress and likelihood of addiction