Recent study has shown that intake of methamphetamine during pregnancy can lead to brain abnormalities in children. Methamphetamine is a highly addictive stimulant that is injected, snorted, smoked or swallowed by the people.
Research team led by Dr. Linda Chang of the University of Hawaii compared data collected from 29 3- and 4-year-olds whose mothers used methamphetamine during pregnancy with 37 children of the same ages whose mothers did not use the drug.