CCTSI awards pilot grant to study the detection of marijuana use by pregnant mothers in a legalized environment

The Colorado Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (CCTSI), at the University of Colorado Denver, recently awarded a Child and Maternal Health Pilot Grant to Torri Metz, MD, so she could study the detection of prenatal marijuana use in a legalized environment. Dr. Metz, a high-risk obstetrician and Assistant Professor at the CU School of Medicine, plans to develop a novel questionnaire that will ask new mothers about the use of marijuana during their pregnancy. The study of marijuana use in pregnancy is only possible in a few states across the nation—Colorado being the first state to legalize the recreational use of marijuana.