In conjunction with International Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) Awareness Day, Governor Neil Abercrombie has proclaimed September 9, 2012, “Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Awareness Day” in Hawai’i to help increase awareness of the risks of consuming alcohol during pregnancy. This day was chosen for the international observance so that, on the ninth day of the ninth month of the year, the world will remember that during the nine months of pregnancy a woman should abstain from alcohol. According to the Institute of Medicine (1996), “Of all the substances of abuse (including cocaine, heroin…
