Acute care related to cannabis use during pregnancy after the legalization of nonmedical cannabis in Ontario.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cannabis use during pregnancy is increasing, but the contribution of cannabis legalization to these trends is unclear. We sought to determine whether health service utilization related to cannabis use during pregnancy increased after the legalization of nonmedical cannabis in October 2018 in Ontario, Canada.

Methods

In this population-based, repeated cross-sectional study, we evaluated changes in the number of pregnant people who received acute care (emergency department visit or admission to hospital) between January 2015 and July 2021 among all people eligible for the province's public health coverage. We used segmented regression to compare changes in the quarterly rate of pregnant people with acute care related to cannabis use (primary outcome) with the quarte

SUBMITTER: Myran DT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10205905 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature