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Re: Marijuana and Pregnancy...

From: Kelly Shanahan, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 28 Apr 2000 15:32:40 -0500 (CDT)

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At Thu, 27 Apr 2000, Cisco wrote: >
>Hello, I'm curious to know of any known issues relating to marijuana use
>during pregnancy. My friend used marijuana frequently during her last
>pregnancy, and had a 9lb 6oz healthy boy, who is 16 months old now and
>has excellent mechanical and behavioral abilities. I know this drug is
>thought of as a 'gateway' drug, but she did not smoke, or drink, none of
>the 'legal' drugs... is this a conspiracy to keep our future
>generations in a 'rut' of birth defects and slow acceleration of growth
>and learning? If they made tobacco and alchohol illegal, it may benefit
>our children.

I agree that tobacco and alcohol are detremental to developing babies, but so is pot. There are many compounds in marijuana, some of which may be carcinogens. THC can cause birth defects in animals, although there are no studies showing an increase in birth defects in humans

My feeling on legal or illegal drug use in pregnancy -- why take the risk, however small, of exposing an innocent baby to any substance which is not absolutely medically necessary?

-- M. Kelly Shanahan, MD, FACOG S. Lake Tahoe, CA

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