pregnancy and marijuana

[copobo]

help get the word out as they are railroading that poor doctor!

Pediatrics, February 1994, Volume 93, Number 2, pp. 254-260
American Academy of Pediatrics
Comparing the heavily exposed and the non-exposed infants, the Brazelton clusters on day 30, showed that the offspring of heavy-marijuana using mothers had significantly higher scores on:
- the Orientation cluster
- the Autonomic Stability cluster
- reflexes
- habituation to auditory and tactile stimuli, and to animate auditory stimuli
- higher degree of alertness
- capacity for consolability
- less irritability
- had fewer startles and tremors
- better physiological stability at one month
- required less examiner facilitation to reach an organized state
- more socially responsive
- the quality of their alertness was higher
- their motor and autonomic systems were more robust
- they had better self-regulation
- they were more rewarding for caregivers than the neonates of nonâ??using mothers at one month of age
From the Schools of Nursing, Education and Public Health, the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Received for publication Sep. 21, 1992; accepted June 30, 1993.

(please steal this and pass it on as I did - newspaper comment sections are great)

[quetzal]

There are studies that show moderate marijuana use to be safe during pregnancy. But doctors and natal nurses are still trained to treat it as any other drug in the system of a pregnant woman.

The worst part is that a woman who finds cannabis beneficial during her pregnancy--as for nauseas, pains, etc.--has to stay underground and avoid hospital-based medical treatment right? Because if a doctor finds out there's a risk of losing your child. Total BS.

[Jord0713]

hey do you by chance have a link to this article? :) I would love to read it!

[burgertime]

Prenatal Marijuana Exposure and Neonatal Outcomes in Jamaica: An Ethnographic Study (http://www.druglibrary.org/Schaffer/hemp/medical/can-babies.htm)

I'm pretty sure this is the article he's referring to. I hate to tl;dr this one but short on time.

Cheers.

[Jord0713]

Thank you very much! I try to pass info and knowledge like this on to my patients. This is definatly a sensitive subject, I am glad the research is being done for sure! :D

[copobo]

yes. we need to realize that EVERYTHING about marijuana is related to public perception. Cannabis is safe! Every time we can use good science to show that we should - especially to people that AREN'T patients/cannabis users.

If you have a friend or relative who is against cannabis - talk to them.

We need to come out of the closet and speak up.

Help change a few minds!

cheers

[MEDEDCANNABIS]

yes. we need to realize that EVERYTHING about marijuana is related to public perception. Cannabis is safe! Every time we can use good science to show that we should - especially to people that AREN'T patients/cannabis users.

If you have a friend or relative who is against cannabis - talk to them.

We need to come out of the closet and speak up.

Help change a few minds!

cheers

yep, education, education...cant stress that enough:thumbsup: