This page is intended to support Canadian practitioners addressing FASD by:
Because alcohol is the intoxicant most used by Canadian women, and because it is one of the most damaging to the fetus, alcohol use and pregnancy will be a focus of this section; however, information on the effects of other substance use during pregnancy is also presented. 
Selected Readings
Popova, S., Lange, S., Burd, L. & Rehm, J. (2012).
Health Care Burden and Cost Associated with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome : Based on Official Canadian Data. [PDF]
PLOS ONE, Vol .7(8), e43024, 1-7.
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder [PDF]
Encyclopedia on Early Childhood Development
Centre of Excellence for Early Childhood Development, 2011
Assessment and diagnosis of FASD among adults : a national and international systematic review [PDF]
Public Health Agency of Canada
2010
Alcohol use and pregnancy consensus clinical guidelines [PDF]
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada
Vol 32(8), Supplement 3
August 2010
Consensus statement on FASD across the lifespan
Institute of Health Economics, 2009
Clearing the smoke on cannabis: maternal cannabis use during pregnancy Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse, 2009
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) prevention : Canadian perspectives – multiple approaches to FASD preventionPublic Health Agency of Canada, 2008
Women's lives and women's health : a critical part of FASD prevention [PDF]
Atlantic Gender and FASD Committee, 2007
Government response to the second report of the Standing Committee on Health : Even one is too many, a call for a comprehensive action plan on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum DisorderPresented to the House on January 17, 2007
Even one is too many : a call for a comprehensive action plan for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
Report of the Standing Committee on Health, 2006
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder : Canadian guidelines for diagnosisCanadian Medical Association, 2005
Related Resources (Canadian)
FASD Strategy and Framework Documents FACE Research Network and Roundtable
Motherisk
The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids)
Journal of Population Therapeutics and Clinical Pharmacology incorporating Fetal Alcohol Research
Canadian Society of Pharmacology and Therapeutics (CSPT)
Canada FASD Research Network (CanFASD)Canadian Foundation on Fetal Alcohol Research (CFFAR)NeuroDevNet
A trans-Canada initiative dedicated to studying children's brain development
Related Resources (International)
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Center for Excellence
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Resource Directory
National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (NOFAS)
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Study Group
Research Society on Alcoholism