Beliefs and attitudes regarding prenatal marijuana use: Perspectives of pregnant women who report use.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

With the increasingly permissive legal and social environments regarding marijuana, it is important to understand prenatal marijuana use from the perspective of women who use marijuana. Our objective was to qualitatively describe the marijuana use experiences, beliefs, and attitudes of women who used marijuana during pregnancy.

Methods

We conducted semi-structured interviews with pregnant women who had either reported current marijuana use or had urine testing positive for marijuana. Interviews were transcribed verbatim and analyzed for patterns and themes.

Results

Twenty-five pregnant women who used marijuana during their pregnancies participated in our study interviews. Main themes that emerged from the interviews were that women: 1) reported higher amount

SUBMITTER: Chang JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6756431 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature