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Pregnant adolescents were more likely than their nonpregnant peers to use alcohol and illicit drugs, report Christopher P. Salas-Wright, Ph.D., and coauthors from the School of Social Work at the University of Texas at Austin.
A study of 97,850 female respondents aged 12-17 years who completed the National Survey on Drug Use and Health between 2002 and 2012 found that pregnant teens were significantly more likely to have used alcohol (odds ratio, 1.44; 95% confidence interval, 1.18-1.76), cannabis (OR, 1.79; 95% CI, 1.45-2.20), and other substances in the previous 12 months, the investigators wrote. Pregnant adolescents also were more likely to meet the criteria for substance abuse disorders involving alcohol (OR, 1.65; 95% CI, 1.26-2.17), cannabis (OR, 2.29; 95% CI, 1.72-3.04), and other illicit drugs (OR, 2.84; 95% CI, 1.92-4.19).
“Our results point not only to a relationship between pregnancy and prior substance use, but also suggest that substance use continues for many teens during pregnancy,” Dr. Salas-Wright and his colleagues said in the report.
Read the full article in Addictive Behaviors.
Pregnant adolescents were more likely than their nonpregnant peers to use alcohol and illicit drugs, report Christopher P. Salas-Wright, Ph.D., and coauthors from the School of Social Work at the University of Texas at Austin.
A study of 97,850 female respondents aged 12-17 years who completed the National Survey on Drug Use and Health between 2002 and 2012 found that pregnant teens were significantly more likely to have used alcohol (odds ratio, 1.44; 95% confidence interval, 1.18-1.76), cannabis (OR, 1.79; 95% CI, 1.45-2.20), and other substances in the previous 12 months, the investigators wrote. Pregnant adolescents also were more likely to meet the criteria for substance abuse disorders involving alcohol (OR, 1.65; 95% CI, 1.26-2.17), cannabis (OR, 2.29; 95% CI, 1.72-3.04), and other illicit drugs (OR, 2.84; 95% CI, 1.92-4.19).
“Our results point not only to a relationship between pregnancy and prior substance use, but also suggest that substance use continues for many teens during pregnancy,” Dr. Salas-Wright and his colleagues said in the report.
Read the full article in Addictive Behaviors.
Pregnant adolescents were more likely than their nonpregnant peers to use alcohol and illicit drugs, report Christopher P. Salas-Wright, Ph.D., and coauthors from the School of Social Work at the University of Texas at Austin.
A study of 97,850 female respondents aged 12-17 years who completed the National Survey on Drug Use and Health between 2002 and 2012 found that pregnant teens were significantly more likely to have used alcohol (odds ratio, 1.44; 95% confidence interval, 1.18-1.76), cannabis (OR, 1.79; 95% CI, 1.45-2.20), and other substances in the previous 12 months, the investigators wrote. Pregnant adolescents also were more likely to meet the criteria for substance abuse disorders involving alcohol (OR, 1.65; 95% CI, 1.26-2.17), cannabis (OR, 2.29; 95% CI, 1.72-3.04), and other illicit drugs (OR, 2.84; 95% CI, 1.92-4.19).
“Our results point not only to a relationship between pregnancy and prior substance use, but also suggest that substance use continues for many teens during pregnancy,” Dr. Salas-Wright and his colleagues said in the report.
Read the full article in Addictive Behaviors.