Crack babies a myth

Well not the crack babies themselves, but the effects their growing up would have on inner-city public education. Via Columbia Journalism Review.

"The public braced for the day when this 'biological underclass' would cripple our schools, fill our jails, and drain our social programs.
But the day never came. Crack babies, it turns out, were a media myth, not a medical reality. This is not to say that crack is harmless."