Importance: Young children are ingesting illicit drugs at increased rates, but it is unknown what the associated child protection system (CPS) responses are when a child tests positive.
Objective: To document the child protection system involvement and the characteristics of children who test positive for illicit substances.
Design, Setting, And Participants: This retrospective cross-sectional study linked medical discharge and child protection system administrative data.
Study Purpose: With increasing state legalization, marijuana use has become commonplace throughout much of the United States. Existing literature on unintentional exposure focuses primarily on children.We report on a cluster of adults with unwitting marijuana exposure.
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