Using Drugsduring Pregnancy Garden City KS

The use of amphetamines is associated with an increase in cardiovascular defects in babies. Barbiturate use during pregnancy may be linked to birth defects, withdrawals, poor feeding, and seizures. Opiods are associated with abnormalities and complications during pregnancy.

New Chance Inc
(620) 276-0840
116 1/2 East Chestnut Street
Garden City, KS
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Substance abuse
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New Choices New Beginnings
(620) 271-0005
402 East Fulton Street
Garden City, KS
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Fernandez/Martin Addiction Counselors
(620) 275-8880
601 North Main Street
Garden City, KS
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Area Mental Health Center
(620) 276-7689
1111 East Spruce Street
Garden City, KS
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(620) 276-7689
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Substance abuse
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DUI/DWI offenders
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A Clear Direction Inc
(316) 260-9101
2618 East 21st Street
Wichita, KS
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Substance abuse
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Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Adolescents, Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, DUI/DWI offenders

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Community Corrections
(620) 272-3650
601 North Main Street
Garden City, KS
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Substance abuse
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Outpatient
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Women, DUI/DWI offenders, Criminal justice clients
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Spanish

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Smoky Hill Foundation For Chemical
(800) 757-2180
209 East 7th Street
Hays, KS
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Substance abuse
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Outpatient
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Women, Men, DUI/DWI offenders, Criminal justice clients

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High Plains Mental Health Center
(785) 346-2184
209 West Harrison Street
Osborne, KS
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(800) 432-0333
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Substance abuse
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Outpatient
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DUI/DWI offenders
Language Services
ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired

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Knox Center Inc
(316) 265-8511
2924 East Douglas Avenue
Wichita, KS
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Substance abuse
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Outpatient
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Pregnant/postpartum women, Women, DUI/DWI offenders, Criminal justice clients

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Using Drugsduring Pregnancy

Drugs can even spoil the development of a baby, and can cause critical situations during pregnancy. Some of the drugs can cause nutritional deficiencies, fetal growth retardation and anemia. The use of drugs while pregnant can also increase the chance of developing toxemia or pre-eclampsia. Marijuana use during pregnancy can cause attention deficit, memory problems and impaired decision making skills. These problems usually don’t appear until age 3.

Pregnancy and Drug Use

The use of amphetamines is associated with an increase in cardiovascular defects in babies. Barbiturate use during pregnancy may be linked to birth defects, withdrawals, poor feeding, and seizures. Opiods are associated with abnormalities and complications during pregnancy. There is a high risk for premature labor, intrauterine growth retardation and pre-eclampsia, in women who use opiods while pregnant.

Cocaine use by the mother-to-be can increase the risk of miscarriage. Babies born to mothers who used cocaine during pregnancy can have lower IQ scores and mental deficiencies. Sudden infant death syndrome is more common in babies born to mothers who used cocaine. The use of PCP during pregnancy is believed to cause abnormal development in babies. It can cause the mother to have mental illness and loose contact with reality.

If you smoke cigarettes, and are pregnant or plan to be pregnant you should definitely consider stopping the habit. When you inhale tobacco smoke you are inhaling substances that a...

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