In America about 10.6% of people 12 years of age and older have abused drugs, both licit and illicit. Including all types of drugs, legal and illegal drugs, there are around 30.3% of women who use drugs while pregnant. Most drugs can harm a fetus in many different ways, including death, miscarriage, and many other physical and birth defects. The physical development of an unborn child is in a very fragile state of development throughout the entire pregnancy. Many different outside influences can cause complications by being passed through the placenta to the embryo. For example, exercise can cause low birth weight and trouble in labor. But the most common outside influence used is illegal (and occasionally legal) drug use. The use of drugs at any time during …show more content…
is not safe for the developing fetus or the mother.” This is, to most people, common knowledge: drugs and pregnancy do not mix. Although many still do not know the true face of illegal drug use while in prenatal care. Due to many cases of use, we, as a community, have come to