Canadian researchers exploring whether or not prenatal cannabis use disorders (CUDs) before and during pregnancy may predict future road traffic injuries in children have identified and increased association.
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Investigators, all of whom are based in Montreal, looked at 792,082 children in Quebec, with more than 6.2 million years of follow-up between 2006 and 2019. They considered transport-related injuries among children between birth and 13 years of age who were in crashes involving cars, pick-up trucks, vans, motorcycles and three-wheeled motor vehicles.
Maternal CUDs “before birth were associated with 5.64 times the risk of hospitalization for future motor vehicle crash injuries in children (after birth),” notes an
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