Everything You Need To Know About Using Cannabis While Pregnant


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Contributor: Timothy D. Pineda

The conversation surrounding marijuana and pregnancy is a tricky one. Partaking in marijuana while pregnant, from an outsider’s standpoint, doesn’t seem particularly wise, as a pregnant woman’s body is a delicate ecosystem, and rightfully so.

There’s an entire life sprouting inside that tiny womb, and an army of specific nutrients and vitamins need to be adequately supplied to this burgeoning infant, so I’m not entirely sure how smoking weed while pregnant would affect that process. More than that, measures need to be taken to prevent any sort of negative, hurtful substance from finding its way to the young child’s growing ecosystem. That means giving up alcohol, a number of fatty, sugar-laden foods, and most importantly, smoking marijuana while pregnant.

Breakdown Of How Cannabis Can Affect Your Pregnancy

And yes, that means cannabis, too. The effects of marijuana on pregnancy aren’t definitive yet, but there’s not a whole lot saying that the two work well together. In fact, many physicians and experts are warning folks to not partake in THC while pregnant, as there is no data telling us how the effects of marijuana on a fetus are.

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Marijuana and pregnancy simply don’t mix. Now, even though the effects of marijuana on fetus development is still unclear, the fact remains that THC can break the placental barrier, which normally protects the fetus from any sort of contaminants. And once this psychoactive cannabinoid slithers its way past the placental barrier, it soon finds its way into the bloodstream of the fetus. That said, the results of how much that affects the development of the child is still undetermined, but most hypotheses on the matter aren’t exactly positive.

One doctor, who was asked to comment on a recent study that found that there was an increase in pregnant women partaking in cannabis during their pregnancy, offered up a slightly gloomy theory on the future of such research. 

This medical professional, Dr. Marcel Bonn-Miller, who works as a researcher at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, concluded, “The more we study cannabis use during pregnancy, the more we are realizing how harmful it can be.” Adding, “…we are just scratching the surface in terms of understanding cannabis use in pregnancy.”


But, speaking of that study, there seems to be a decent amount of hyperbolism being thrown around, in regards to this study’s findings. The study, titled, “Pot-Smoking on the Rise Among U.S. Pregnant Women,” yes, they did see a substantial increase in marijuana use amongst young pregnant women, but they sold it to publications as just that, without emphasizing the specifics. 

The most important of which being that the study didn’t focus on pregnant women, in general. Instead, the study only looked at a small percentage of women in Northern California, the majority of whom had no idea they were even pregnant during the time of their marijuana use.

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And, on top of that, once they realized they were with child, they immediately stopped their cannabis intake altogether. 

So, for the researchers in charge of this study to label this as definitive evidence simply isn’t true, nor is it morally right. Because, to be completely honest, we still have no idea just how much, and to what extent, THC can affect the development of a child. Also, we have no idea how it can affect the mother of said child, as both her and her unborn fetus, could suffer their own share of negative side effects. More studies are still needed to know such a thing for sure, so for any publication, regardless of their experience level, should’ve known better than to publish such hearsay as fact.

But, when you think about it, the fact that this study became so popular makes a lot of sense.

You see, for decades, the federal government has done everything in its power to spread a litany of anti-cannabis propaganda. They have been hellbent on dishing out slanderous “studies” and ad campaigns, the likes of which were all specifically designed to vilify and demonize cannabis in truly criminal ways. They depicted cannabis as a dangerous “gateway” drug that they claimed had a laundry list of negative side effects, both in the short and the long term.


As you can already surmise, that was all complete B.S.

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They wanted to bring down cannabis, and its medicinal benefits, anyway they could, and it was all to better the well-being and profit margins of their pharmaceutical counterparts. These opioid and pill companies are littered with lobbyists that continually work with politicians on Capitol Hill. They stuff these lawmakers’ pockets with ill-begotten funds, that they then reutilize for campaign purposes, or simply to expand their already exorbitant wealth. 

However you slice it, it all comes down to greed and corruption.

And, with that in mind, it only makes sense as to why the government had no problem with this fraudulent study making the rounds. It did nothing but strengthen their anti-cannabis stance. 

Now, of course, smoking any substance, of any kind, isn’t a good idea while pregnant. That pretty much goes without saying. But to claim such a major statistic as a hard-and-fast rule, based on such a small, specific sample size, was just atrocious.

Another thing that the federal government did to halt any sort of marijuana progress in this nation, was categorizing cannabis as Schedule One substance. For those who are unaware, this makes marijuana illegal on a federal level. In addition to that, it also officially states, on behalf of the corrupt federal government, that they believe cannabis is not only dangerous and lethal, but that it possesses absolutely no medicinal value at all whatsoever.

That criminal distinction also prohibited labs and scientists from conducting important research on cannabis in any regard for all of those years. More than that, any study on cannabis was only going to be on the government’s terms, with the government’s weed, and done by the government’s scientists.

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So, effectively, they could say (and were saying) anything they wanted to, in order to further their anti-cannabis propaganda to the masses.

However, as more states, over the course of the past few years, have legalized cannabis, the federal government has lessened its stranglehold on cannabis research, and as a result, more labs across the nation are able to finally restart their research efforts on cannabis, and its effect on the human body in every way, shape, and form. But we are decades behind where we could’ve been, had the federal government not been so stubborn for all those years. 

Had doctors and researchers been armed with the knowledge we have today, decades ago, there’s no telling how much we’d know about marijuana, and its effect on pregnancy right now. Because, at the end of the day, even though we know cannabis isn’t “great” while pregnant, we simply don’t know exactly why, or to what extent, yet. 

And, until there is definitive evidence proving one thing or another, you should be sure that whatever study you’re reading has been thoroughly vetted and approved. If not, you may be taking theory as fact, and that sort of approach towards information never ends well.

So, be smart, do your homework, and most importantly, be patient, because the medical community needs to conduct a lot more tests and studies on marijuana and pregnancy before anything can be “set in stone.” But for now, if you’re pregnant, leave the cannabis alone until your baby is born. That’s just the safest way to go about it.



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