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Women have been using cannabis during pregnancy for centuries, and continue to do so today. There is evidence that the number of women using cannabis is increasing with increased access and legal infrastructure.
In this episode Riley talks with RN, Megan Mbengue about ways to reduce harm to the mother and the baby when using cannabis during pregnancy. They discuss consumption methods, dosing, research and more.
Please feel free to ask questions in the comments.
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Citations and Further Reading:
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
(2017). The health effects of cannabis and cannabinoids: The current state of evidence and recommendations for research. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
Gunn, J. K. L., Rosales, C. B., Center, K. E., Nuñez, A., Gibson, S. J., Christ, C., & Ehiri, J. E. (2016). Prenatal exposure to cannabis and maternal and child health outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ open, 6(4).
Ko, J. Y., Tong, V. T., Bombard, J. M., Hayes, D. K., Davy,
J., & Perham-Hester, K. A. (2018). Marijuana use during and after pregnancy and association of prenatal use on birth outcomes: A population-based study. Drug and alcohol dependence, 187, 72-78.
Conner,S. N., Bedell, V., Lipsey, K., Macones, G. A., Cahill, A. G., & Tuuli, M.
G. (2016). Maternal marijuana use and adverse neonatal outcomes. Obstetrics & Gynecology, 128(4), 713-723.
Corsi, D. J., Walsh, L., Weiss, D., Hsu, H., El-Chaar, D., Hawken, S. & Walker, M. (2019). Association between self-reported prenatal cannabis use and maternal, perinatal, and neonatal outcomes. Jama, 322(2), 145-152.
Grant, K. S., Petroff, R., Isoherranen, N., Stella, N., & Burbacher, T. M. (2018). Cannabis use during pregnancy: pharmacokinetics and effects on child development. Pharmacology & therapeutics, 182, 133-151.
Gaitán, A. V., Wood, J. T., Zhang, F., Makriyannis, A.& Lammi-Keefe, C. J. (2018). Endocannabinoid metabolome characterization of transitional and mature human milk. Nutrients, 10(9), 1294.
Djulus, J., Moretti, M., & Koren, G. (2005). Marijuana use and breastfeeding. Canadian Family Physician, 51(3), 349-350.
Baker, T., Datta, P., Rewers-Felkins, K., Thompson, H., Kallem, R. R., & Hale, T. W. (2018). Transfer of inhaled cannabis into human breast milk. Obstetrics & Gynecology, 131(5), 783-788.
Bertrand, K. A., Hanan, N.J., Honerkamp-Smith, G., Best, B.
M., & Chambers, C. D. (2018). Marijuana use by breast- feeding mothers and cannabinoid concentrations in breast milk. Pediatrics, 142(3).
Books:
Handbook of Cannabis for
Clinicians; Reviewed in Chapter 18.
