AlterNet: DrugReporter: 'Crack Babies' Talk Back

This is a somewhat groundbreaking story I think. I have read about the Crack baby myth, but usually I take it with a grain of salt because the critics seem to be so angry at the Reagan administration for the drug policies that came out of this era. The stories of these kids--most of which would probably be about my sister's age now--are important for us to hear at this point when the spectacle of the next horrifying media phenomenon is just around the corner. The only problem is that this article doesn't connect this with the larger political scene and the mandatory drug sentences set for crack which have caused the prison population to explode--and, very likely, caused almost as much family grief as the drugs did in the first place. Odds that the mass media will really pick up on this story: slim