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About 2% of pregnant Canadian individuals self-report using cannabis in pregnancy, with usage associated with higher risk of preterm births, low birthweight newborns, and congenital anomalies, in a multi-region study of 1.28m births

11.23.22 | PLOS

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Cannabis use in pregnancy and maternal and infant outcomes: A Canadian cross-jurisdictional population-based cohort study
About 2% of pregnant Canadians self-report using cannabis in pregnancy, in a multi-region study of 1.28m births. Credit: Daniel Reche, Pixabay, CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)

Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0276824

Article Title: Cannabis use in pregnancy and maternal and infant outcomes: A Canadian cross-jurisdictional population-based cohort study

Author Countries: Canada, USA

Funding: Perinatal Services BC (SL, AH, KD, AP) received funding from the Public Health Agency of Canada through a contract agreement (#4500384537). The funders were members of the National Maternal Cannabis Working group where consensus was achieved through majority vote of 50% plus 1 regarding study design, data collection and analysis, and decision to publish.”

PLOS ONE

10.1371/journal.pone.0276824

Cannabis use in pregnancy and maternal and infant outcomes: A Canadian cross-jurisdictional population-based cohort study

23-Nov-2022

Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Keywords

Cannabis Health and Medicine Infants Pregnancy Public Health Social Sciences

Article Information

Journal
PLOS ONE
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0276824
Article Publication Date
2022-11-23
Article Title
Cannabis use in pregnancy and maternal and infant outcomes: A Canadian cross-jurisdictional population-based cohort study
COI Statement
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Contact Information

Charlotte Bhaskar
PLOS
onepress@plos.org

How to Cite This Article

APA:
PLOS. (2022, November 23). About 2% of pregnant Canadian individuals self-report using cannabis in pregnancy, with usage associated with higher risk of preterm births, low birthweight newborns, and congenital anomalies, in a multi-region study of 1.28m births. Brightsurf News. https://www.brightsurf.com/news/8Y4KY4DL/about-2-of-pregnant-canadian-individuals-self-report-using-cannabis-in-pregnancy-with-usage-associated-with-higher-risk-of-preterm-births-low-birthweight-newborns-and-congenital-anomalies-in-a-multi-r.html
MLA:
"About 2% of pregnant Canadian individuals self-report using cannabis in pregnancy, with usage associated with higher risk of preterm births, low birthweight newborns, and congenital anomalies, in a multi-region study of 1.28m births." Brightsurf News, Nov. 23 2022, https://www.brightsurf.com/news/8Y4KY4DL/about-2-of-pregnant-canadian-individuals-self-report-using-cannabis-in-pregnancy-with-usage-associated-with-higher-risk-of-preterm-births-low-birthweight-newborns-and-congenital-anomalies-in-a-multi-r.html.