Fetal Alcohol Spectrum
Individuals with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) are involved in the criminal justice system at disproportionate rates. As set out in the Consensus Statement on Legal Issues of FASD, released by Alberta's Institute of Health Economics in 2013, FASD describes "a range of physical, neurodevelopmental, and behavioural impairments resulting from damage to the brain of the fetus caused by maternal alcohol use during pregnancy." Studies indicate that between 10 to 25 per cen