Objective To document the prevalence of cannabis use in a large sample of British women studied during pregnancy, to determine the association between cannabis use and social and lifestyle factors and assess any independent effects on pregnancy outcome. Design Self-completed questionnaire on use of ...
Professor Rosa Alati, Head of the Curtin School of Population Health and senior author of the study, added, "These findings highlight the need to increase awareness of the risks associated with cannabis use during pregnancy among women planning to become pregnant." "This study is unique because ...
“Most prior research grouped mental health disorders into general classes, such as any mood disorder or any anxiety disorder, without examining the relationship between specific types of mood and anxiety disorders and cannabis use and CUD during and after pregnancy.” Despite public health messaging ...
“Although cannabis is a natural product, there are still many risks to using it during pregnancy," Keim said. “Some women may turn to cannabis to help deal with some common issues of pregnancy, including nausea, sleep problems and stress. This is not recommended. Consulting with a health ...
It has also been associated with “diminished blood flow supplying the placenta [2].” Studies have found that cannabis exposure in pregnant rats and humans results in structural brain changes [2]. Cannabis use during pregnancy is also significantly associated with experiencing a miscarriage or still...
People who use cannabis during pregnancy and lactation choose it to manage pregnancy-related symptoms and pre-existing conditions, such as nausea and vomiting, mental health problems, insomnia and more, according to new research published in CMAJ (Canadi
A really important part of quitting cannabis during pregnancy is to make plans to not be around the drug. That means asking your partner to quit with you, and asking friends and family not to use around you. One of the newest studieson cannabis use during pregnancy came from Young-Wolff’...
Self-reported medical and nonmedical cannabis use among pregnant women in the United States. JAMA. 2019;322(2):167-169. doi:10.1001/jama.2019.7982ArticlePubMedGoogle ScholarCrossref 2. Ko JY, Coy KC, Haight SC, et al. Characteristics of marijuana use during pregnancy—eight ...
Both tobacco and cannabis use most commonly begin in adolescence, with rates seen to peak in young adulthood prior to median ages of first parenthood29,30. In almost all instances, antenatal tobacco and cannabis use are thus a continuation of use from before pregnancy. Women commonly reduce use...
An estimated 2-13% of women worldwide use cannabis during pregnancy. Previous studies have identified short and long-term behavioral consequences of prenatal cannabis exposure, but effects on brain morphology were unknown. "Understanding what happens in the brain may give us insights in how children...