CO Sees Spike in Newborns With Marijuana in Their Systems

Medical experts in Pueblo, Colorado, are concerned about the number of newborns they are seeing born with marijuana in their systems, according to The Denver Post.

The Post writes,

The medical director of the newborn intensive care unit at St. Mary-Corwin Medical Center finds that mothers who abhor smoking cigarettes during pregnancy see no harm in smoking a joint.

“What I’m seeing in our nursery is a dramatic increase in babies who test positive for marijuana,” he said.

Local citizens have launched a petition drive to ban recreational marijuana sales throughout Pueblo County, Colorado, as a result.

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