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The Economic Impact of Alcoholism on Adoption

Alcohol impedes cellular division during development, so when the fetus is exposed to alcohol, that cellular division doesn't go according to plan. You might have some facial abnormalities and then later in life, you could be in big trouble as far as cognitive functioning,. memory, learning, disabilities. So what can you do? There's a pot of gold at the end of this rainbow.

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