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Posted in1980s, Criminal Justice, Has lesson plan, Media and News Literacy, Psychology, U.S. History, U.S. Presidents, Video, War on Drugs

The Crack Baby Scare: From Faulty Science to Media Panic

by andrew May 20, 2013September 26, 2023

In the 1980s, images of tiny, jittery “crack babies” caused social outcry – crack-addicted pregnant mothers were prosecuted and the media warned that a generation of “crack babies” would plague our country. Turns out… they were wrong.

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