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Cocaine Cocaine in all forms is the number one illicit drug of choice among pregnant women, so reported Davis et al. in 1992. In children who had been exposed to cocaine in utero an “extremely high frequency of autism (11.4%)” was found. see: Addiction/Crime MEDLINE: Cocaine & G proteins Science uses fluoride compounds as cocaine analogues (i.e. Wilson et al, 1995). ============================== Davis E, Fennoy I, Laraque D, Kanem N, Brown G, Mitchell J - “Autism and developmental abnormalities in children with perinatal cocaine exposure.” J Natl Med Assoc 84(4):315-9 (1992) Jones LB, Stanwood GD, Reinoso BS, Washington RA, Wang HY, Friedman E, Levitt P - “In utero cocaine-induced dysfunction of dopamine D1 receptor signaling and abnormal differentiation of cerebral cortical neurons” J Neurosci 20(12):4606-14 (2000) Wilson AA, Dasilva JN, Houle S - “Synthesis of two radiofluorinated cocaine analogues using distilled 2-[18F]fluoroethyl bromide” Appl Radiat Isot 46(8):765-70 (1995)
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