Maternal and Child Care: A Woman Who Is Substance Dependent: Illicit drugs tend to be of small molecular weight, so they readily cross the placenta. As a result:

Question

A Woman Who Is Substance Dependent: Illicit drugs tend to be of small molecular weight, so they readily cross the placenta. As a result:

James Marion Endrina Entice · Accepted Answer

a fetus of an addicted mother has a drug concentration
of about 50%.

Fetal abnormalities

Preterm birth

Hepatitis B

HIV

A Woman Who Is Substance Dependent: Illicit drugs tend to be of small molecular weight, so they readily cross the placenta. As a result: