The Effects of Cocaine Exposure on IQ

African-American mothers are much more likely to be screened for fetal alcohol syndrome because they tend to have less rapport with their mostly white doctors. A mother who comes in with a toddler who's acting strange if that mother is low income and black it seems like the doctor would be more likely to think hmm I wonder if she was using crack during pregnancy. The effects of exposure to cocaine in the womb are this is a New York Times article quote less severe than those of alcohol and comparable to those of tobacco. In the largest of the studies IQ scores of exposed children averaged around four points lower at age seven than those of unexposed children.