medscape.com
2023-06-01
Comment: Note these quotes from the Canadian study and the 2022 US study:
"Most acute care events (72.2%) were emergency department visits. The most common reasons for acute care were harmful cannabis use (57.6%), followed by cannabis dependence or withdrawal (21.5%), and acute cannabis intoxication (12.8%).
Compared with pregnancies without acute care, those with acute care related to cannabis had higher rates of adverse neonatal outcomes such as birth before 37 weeks' gestational age (16.9% vs 7.2%), birth weight at or below the bottom fifth percentile after adjustment for gestational age (12.1% vs 4.4%), and neonatal intensive care unit admission in the first 28 days of life (31.5% vs 13%)." (All emphasis added)
And:
"There is no known safe level of cannabis consumption, and its use by pregnant women has been linked to later neurodevelopmental issues in their offspring. A 2022 US study suggested that cannabis exposure in the womb may leave children later in life at risk for autism, psychiatric disorders, and problematic substance abuse, particularly as they enter peak periods of vulnerability in late adolescence." (Emphasis added)
Nancy Valko