Berthoud Community Library District

Marijuana is the most common illicit drug used by pregnant women in the U.S., with nearly 4.6 percent reporting recent use during their first trimester and 1.4 percent in the third trimester. A number of studies have evaluated the impacts of marijuana exposure on the developing fetus. However, few have looked at postnatal exposures to marijuana through breastfeeding, and much less is known about the effects of pediatric exposures to sidestream smoke....

This working paper reviews both the academic and more informal literature on community recovery from disasters, draws lessons from it, and summarizes the programs that are already in place for providing technical assistance in the post disaster setting.

This memo presents the results of a literature search conducted in May-June 2007 as a preliminary step toward the study of how climate change-induced variations in the hydrograph (i.e. earlier snowmelt and peak flows) may impact the temporal elements of water rights.

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) was first reported in women in 1981 and by 1990 had become the sixth leading cause of death in 25 to 44 year old women in the United States. By 1999 women accounted for 23% of all new AIDS diagnoses and 32% of newly reported HIV diagnoses. By 1995, heterosexual transmission surpassed injection drug use as the most common mode of transmission in women.