Carson-DeWitt, R. Babies, "Addicted and Drug-Exposed" Drugs, Alcohol, and Tobacco:Learning About Addictive Behavior. New York: Thomson Gale. 2003

Children with parents who are addicted to drugs are often neglected and abused. Women drug addicts who are pregnant often have children that have health problems. The children are likely to grow up following the same lifestyle their parent did because they don't know any different.