Marijuana Use Among Pregnant Women in Buprenorphine Treatment for Opioid Dependence

Authors

Tara Higgins, University of Vermont

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Date

2014

Abstract

New program, "Closer to Home," will allow pregnant women in buprenorphine treatment for opioid dependence to get treatment closer to home and deliver at Copley Hospital instead of being required to go to Burlington. This requires local physicians to prescribe buprenorphine to pregnant women. In creating the program, prescribing physicians have to decide policies around non-opioid substance use.

Keywords

marijuana, opioid dependence, pregnancy, Vermont

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Disciplines

Medical Education | Primary Care

Recommended Citation

Higgins, Tara, "Marijuana Use Among Pregnant Women in Buprenorphine Treatment for Opioid Dependence" (2014). Family Medicine Clerkship Student Projects. 27.
https://scholarworks.uvm.edu/fmclerk/27