Friday Fact: Cannabis Use Disorder in Pregnancy Tied to 40% Higher Risk of Postpartum Psychiatric ER Visits
A study of more than 2 million California births found 10.4% of women with prenatal CUD had a postpartum psychiatric ER visit, versus 2.7% of women with neither disorder.
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