It's Not Your Mother's Marijuana: Effects on Maternal-fetal Health and the Developing Child

Overview

Journal Clin Perinatol

Date 2014 Dec 3

PMID 25459779

Citations 28

Authors

Tamara D Warner

Dikea Roussos-Ross

Marylou Behnke

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Abstract

Pro-marijuana advocacy efforts exemplified by the "medical" marijuana movement, coupled with the absence of conspicuous public health messages about the potential dangers of marijuana use during pregnancy, could lead to greater use of today's more potent marijuana, which could have significant short- and long-term consequences. This article reviews the current literature regarding the effects of prenatal marijuana use on the pregnant woman and her offspring.

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