SUBSTANCE-ABUSE IN PREGNANCY

Staff collected urine samples anonymously on 100 consecutive pregnant women in a women's clinic and simultaneously on 100 admissions to the ''labor deck.'' Urines were tested for cocaine, opiates, methadone, be nzodiazepines, and TNC. Nine percent of the urines were positive in th e clinic setting, and 15% were positive on the labor deck: the inciden ce of cocaine- and opiate-positive urines was significantly higher on the labor deck. The authors discuss the significance of these results.