Drinking for Two: Why We Need to Prevent Alcohol Use During Pregnancy

• By: Margo B. Singer, MPA, FASD NY State Office of Addiction Services and Supports (OASAS)
• January 1st, 2014
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It was forty years ago that Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) was first diagnosed by Drs. David Smith and Kenneth Jones at the University of Washington, when a group of babies born to different mothers who consumed alcohol during pregnancy were noticed to have similar physical and behavioral problems....