Abstract

INTRODUCTION
In considering the relationship between marijuana use during pregnancy and the impact of such use upon the behavioral outcome of the young children of these pregnancies, the paucity of objective information is striking and, from one point of view, quite surprising. Marijuana is far from being the “new kid on the block,” with references to its use in civilizations thousands of years ago (Abel 1980), and, in fact, has had a role in pregnancy folklore for many centuries.