Introduction: Substance consumption during pregnancy has been related to negative consequences for the health of the maternal-fetal binomial, due to the fact that most psychoactive substances cross the placenta by passive diffusion, thus being able to exert their toxicity on the fetus; Putting the lives of the mother and her child at risk.

Objective: Determine the prevalence of pregnant women with drug addiction at the Barrio Obrero General Hospital and analyze the epidemiological factors of drug-addicted pregnant women.

Methodology: Retrospective, descriptive, cross-sectional study; Where the focused population was the drug-addicted pregnant women who attended the Hospital General De Barrio Obrero between January and December 2022. Google drive of the questionnaire type was used to collect data and the data analysis was carried out in percentages, mean and median, in addition to the preparation of graphs in the Microsoft Office-Excel 2016® program.

Results: The prevalence of pregnant women who presented a positive toxicological examination was 7%, where the average age was 24 years. 54% do not work and all had single marital status. Regarding the toxicological examination, 32.5% used cocaine, 28% used marijuana and 14.5% used crack.

Conclusion: Information on the prevalence of drug use during pregnancy is limited in the literature; Making this clarification, the prevalence and consumption of cocaine and marijuana is high (7%, 32.5% and 28% respectively)

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