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Home 🌿 Medical Cannabis News 🌿 National organizations release formal recommendations on marijuana use during pregnancy 🌿National organizations release formal recommendations on marijuana use during pregnancy
Steamboat Springs — The legalization of recreational marijuana in states including Colorado has led national medical organizations to release formal recommendations on the use of the drug, specifically as they may affect pregnant women and mothers.
The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists released a statement in June denouncing the use of marijuana by pregnant or breastfeeding mothers, and the American Academy of Pediatrics is expected to follow suit with similar recommendations this month.
The recommendations provide support for physicians who already subscribe to the potential dangers of mothers using marijuana, including local physician Dr. Steven Ross of Sleeping Bear Pediatrics.
They could also sway the recommendations given by OB-GYNs and pediatricians who are part of the national organizations, Ross said.
“This represents a very large consensus,” Ross said.
Ross said that there is no safe level of THC consumption during a woman’s pregnancy and concerns exist for the...
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