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The Association of Concomitant Maternal Marijuana Use on Health Outcomes for Opioid Exposed Newborns in
Yin Stein1, Sunah Hwang1, Chia-Ling Liu2
1Department of Pediatrics, Section of Neonatology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO.
This population-based study showed that maternal opioid plus marijuana use during pregnancy was associated with increased odds of prematurity and low birth weight but lower odds of neonatal abstinence syndrome and prolonged hospitalization compared with opioid exposure without marijuana use. Further research should evaluate the biologic mechanisms responsible for these outcomes.
This population-based study showed that maternal opioid plus marijuana use during pregnancy was associated with increased odds of prematurity and low birth weight but lower odds of neonatal abstinence syndrome and prolonged hospitalization compared with opioid exposure without marijuana use. Further research should evaluate the biologic mechanisms responsible for these outcomes.

