Pediatrics
February 1994, VOLUME 93 / ISSUE 2
Prenatal Marijuana Exposure and Neonatal Outcomes in Jamaica: An Ethnographic Study
Melanie C. Dreher, Kevin Nugent, Rebekah Hudgins

Conclusions. The absence of any differences between the exposed on nonexposed groups in the early neonatal period suggest that the better scores of exposed neonates at 1 month are traceable to the cultural positioning and social and economic characteristics of mothers using marijuana that select for the use of marijuana but also promote neonatal development.

    Received September 21, 1992.
    Accepted June 30, 1993.

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