May 8 – 14 is Alcohol and Other Drug-Related Birth Defects Awareness Week. SAMHSA wants to use this as an opportunity to raise awareness and educate the public about Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD).
According to the Surgeon General’s Advisory on Alcohol Use in Pregnancy, when a pregnant woman drinks, so does her baby; thus, women, their partners, families, and friends need to understand that no amount of alcohol has been proven safe during any stage of pregnancy. Alcohol causes abnormalities when it crosses from the mother’s bloodstream through the umbilical …