Harmful effects of drugs, alcohol, and tobacco on unborn children
- Alcohol can cross the placenta to your unborn baby and affect your baby’s health and development.The alcohol will reach your unborn baby very quickly and its blood alcohol level will be the same as yours. Alcohol can harm a baby at any stage during the pregnancy.
- Marijuana crosses the placenta to your baby. Marijuana, like cigarette smoke, contains toxins that keep your baby from getting the proper supply of oxygen that he or she needs to grow.
- Tobacco use can cause ADD, ADHD, it also stunts development and can cause your baby to be still born or premature.