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Racial inequities identified in newborn drug testing
9 days ago | By Healio
Newborn drug testing for low-risk patients was ordered by clinicians more frequently for Black vs. white newborns both before and after legalization of recreational cannabis use, according to data published in JAMA Network Open.
“Increasing rates of cannabis use may expose more parents to criminalization of a behavior that is now legal in many states and exacerbate existing racial disparities, but there are no studies investigating racial bias in newborn drug testing before and after recreational cannabis legalization,” Sebastian Schoneich, MD, of the department of family medicine
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