Quote Originally Posted by firemanjonnie
Wow, for a group that does so much research and is all into the legalization of marijuana you all seem awefully quick to jump to your preconcieved notions on this on.

There have been studies done on the children of women who smoked through their pregnancy.

The study watched the children until funding was cut when the kids were around 5 or 6. The only difference found between the THC moms vs. the control was that the ones who had experienced THC in utero had on average 10 points higher on IQ tests. (the gov't cut the funding for fear that people will think that marijuana could be good for anything.

I have to say that I am really shocked my all you people who sit there and say, "well I'm no MD, but I know that shit is bad for you" Its way better for your baby than eating McDonalds or Perdue chicken while pregnant.
that is an outright lie.

i have seen the studies that say that pot is ok during pregnancy, and (i'll chime in with the 'I'm not an MD', coz i am NOT an MD, but i AM a doctor) i think it's a load of shit. the study in fact did show very little difference between the pot babies and the control group, but there was a difference, and the pot babies were not smarter, how stupid you have to be to buy that obvious fabrication... smoking pot while prgnant is stupid, it may not cause any major damage, but in most cases your kids will be slightly dumber.... of course you will think they are 'fine' if you were dumb enough to smoke during pregnancy in the first place.

in the studies i am familiar with, the pot babies were not deformed, or have any type of real 'disability' but they were DUMBER than the control babies, they took significantly longer to complete the same tasks when they were tested, annually up until they were 5 or 6 years old.

smoking pot while pregnant may not cause the same detrimental effects as tobacco or alcohol or crack, but that still doesn't make it ok. it doesn't take a fucking genius to figure out that carcinogens are bad for the baby. even if you wanna eat or use a vaporizer your are causing some form of, albiet minor, damage. babies need to get melatonin and cannabinoid compounds that occur naturally in breastmilk, and you fuck up that natural process by ingesting cannabis in any way. smoking pot won't cause a premature birth, or mental retardation, but it will cause "DEE DEE DEE" (for the mencia fans ) shame on all you for defending this stupid bitch, lady give up your kid if you want it to have any decent chance in life, or grow up real fast.