Full text full text is available as a scanned copy of the original print version get a printable copy pdf file of the complete article 198k or click on a page image below to browse page by page. The most damaging effects of psychotropic drug use during pregnancy occur not in the mother who makes an informed choice to continue drug use but in the newborn who becomes a passive victim drug abuse and alcoholism specialists present the latest findings on the effects on the newborn of mothersuse of illicit drugs during pregnancy. The most damaging effects of psychotropic drug use during pregnancy occur not in the mother who makes an informed choice to continue drug use but in the newborn who becomes a passive victim drug abuse and alcoholism specialists present the latest findings on the effects on the newborn of mothersuse of illicit drugs during pregnancy these experts specifically address the perinatal . The present study shows increased free hcg levels in alcohol and drug abusers but maternal smoking may explain the result maternal serum papp a levels were lower in smoking than non smoking mothers and in mothers delivering an sga child however fts parameters papp a free hcg and ntt seem . For personal accounts or managers of institutional accounts username password