NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Most children raised in homes where illegal drugs are produced appear to be in good health, according to a small Canadian study.
Still, a third of the 75 kids tested positive for at least one drug, researchers report in the Journal of Pediatrics.
The children were between two months and 15 years old and all lived in homes producing illicit drugs such as marijuana, cocaine or methamphetamine.
Despite that environment, the vast majority of children were healthy. They had lower rates of eczema, asthma and learning disabilities than Canadian kids in general, for instance, and a mere four percent of them were overweight, compared to 17 percent in the larger community.
Those who were in school were also in age-appropriate grades -- an important indicator of a child's well-being, according to Dr. Gideon Koren, a pediatrician at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, who led the study.
The kids in the study had all been removed from home after police discovered the conditions they were living under. As part of a ro
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