{"id":16418,"date":"2023-03-28T18:40:01","date_gmt":"2023-03-28T18:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/?p=16418"},"modified":"2023-06-06T19:09:58","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T19:09:58","slug":"most-marijuana-dispensaries-give-inaccurate-advice-on-pot-in-pregnancy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/2023\/03\/most-marijuana-dispensaries-give-inaccurate-advice-on-pot-in-pregnancy\/","title":{"rendered":"Most Marijuana Dispensaries Give Inaccurate Advice On Pot In Pregnancy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt;color: #0000ff\">Many marijuana dispensaries recommend marijuana products for treating pregnant women&#8217;s\u00a0<a class=\"hawk-link-parsed\" style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/60831-hyperemesis-gravidarum.html\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/60831-hyperemesis-gravidarum.html\" data-component-tracked=\"1\">morning sickness<\/a>, even though marijuana use in pregnancy is linked with health problems for newborns, according to a new study from Colorado researchers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt;color: #0000ff\">The study surveyed 400\u00a0<a class=\"hawk-link-parsed\" style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/57285-marijuana-dispensary-staff-often-lack-training.html\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/57285-marijuana-dispensary-staff-often-lack-training.html\" data-component-tracked=\"1\">marijuana dispensaries<\/a>\u00a0in Colorado, and nearly 70 percent said they would recommend marijuana products for women experiencing nausea in early pregnancy. Most dispensary employees cited their personal opinions when making the recommendation.<\/span><\/p>\n<aside class=\"hawk-nest hawk-processed\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\" data-widget-id=\"775e87c4-7008-4818-b25f-62b42e503a8a\" data-result=\"missing\"><\/aside>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt;color: #0000ff\">&#8220;As cannabis legalization becomes more common, women should be cautioned that advice from dispensary employees might not necessarily be informed by medical evidence,&#8221; the researchers, from the University of Colorado School of Medicine and the Denver Health and Hospital Authority,\u00a0<a class=\"hawk-link-parsed\" style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.denverhealth.org\/-\/media\/denver-health-marijuana--pregnancy-study.pdf?la=en&amp;hash=7CF1182B6937B9E4267378A1E5F04D8ED221DC6C\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.denverhealth.org\/-\/media\/denver-health-marijuana--pregnancy-study.pdf?la=en&amp;hash=7CF1182B6937B9E4267378A1E5F04D8ED221DC6C\" data-component-tracked=\"1\">wrote in the June issue<\/a>\u00a0of the journal Obstetrics &amp; Gynecology.\u00a0[<a class=\"hawk-link-parsed\" style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/56600-odd-facts-marijuana.html\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/56600-odd-facts-marijuana.html\" data-original-url=\"\/48246-odd-facts-marijuana.html\" data-component-tracked=\"1\">25 Odd Facts About Marijuana<\/a>]<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"pot-during-pregnancy\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt;color: #0000ff\">Pot during pregnancy<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt;color: #0000ff\">Marijuana use during pregnancy may be harmful for babies: Some studies have found a link between\u00a0<a class=\"hawk-link-parsed\" style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/61283-more-pregnant-women-using-marijuana.html\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/61283-more-pregnant-women-using-marijuana.html\" data-component-tracked=\"1\">marijuana use in pregnancy<\/a>\u00a0and health problems in newborns, including low birth weight, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Research also suggests that marijuana use during pregnancy could have long-term\u00a0<a class=\"hawk-link-parsed\" style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/42853-marijuana-during-pregnancy-baby-brain.html\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/42853-marijuana-during-pregnancy-baby-brain.html\" data-component-tracked=\"1\">neurological effects<\/a>: For example, some studies have found that children exposed to marijuana in the womb are at greater risk for attention and behavior problems, compared with babies not exposed to marijuana. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recommends that pregnant women not use marijuana.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt;color: #0000ff\">&#8220;Babies exposed to marijuana in utero are at increased risk of admission to neonatal intensive care units. There are also concerns about possible long-term effects on the developing brain, impacting cognitive function and decreasing academic ability later in childhood,&#8221; study lead author Dr. Torri Metz, a perinatologist at Denver Health,\u00a0<a class=\"hawk-link-parsed\" style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.denverhealth.org\/news\/2018\/05\/study-finds-marijuana-dispensaries-are-recommending-smoking-pot-while-pregnant\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.denverhealth.org\/news\/2018\/05\/study-finds-marijuana-dispensaries-are-recommending-smoking-pot-while-pregnant\" data-component-tracked=\"1\">said in a statement<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt;color: #0000ff\">However, as more and more U.S. states legalize the drug, more pregnant women may use it, the study authors said. Already, 1 in 20 U.S. women reports using pot while pregnant, according to the CDC.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt;color: #0000ff\">What&#8217;s more, pregnant women may not wish to discuss marijuana use with their doctors, out of fear of legal consequences, and so they may instead seek advice from marijuana retailers, the researchers said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt;color: #0000ff\">In the new study, the researchers called Colorado marijuana dispensaries and pretended to be\u00a0<a class=\"hawk-link-parsed\" style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/44899-stages-of-pregnancy.html\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/44899-stages-of-pregnancy.html\" data-component-tracked=\"1\">eight weeks pregnant<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt;color: #0000ff\">The researchers told the dispensary employees that they were feeling &#8220;really nauseated&#8221; and asked if the dispensaries had any products recommended for morning sickness.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt;color: #0000ff\">Of the 400 marijuana dispensaries contacted, 277 (69 percent) recommended a marijuana product for morning sickness, and of these, 65 percent based their recommendation on personal opinion, while 30 percent did not specify a reason for their recommendation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt;color: #0000ff\">More than a third (36 percent) of dispensary employees contacted said that marijuana was safe in pregnancy, while about half (53 percent) said they weren&#8217;t sure about the drug&#8217;s safety during pregnancy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt;color: #0000ff\">The researchers also made note of some quotes from the dispensary employees, which in some cases were strikingly inaccurate. For example, one employee said that &#8220;after eight weeks [of pregnancy], everything should be good with consuming, like, alcohol and weed and stuff, but I would wait an extra week.&#8221; Another said that\u00a0<a class=\"hawk-link-parsed\" style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/51314-medical-marijuana-edibles-inaccurate-labels.html\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/51314-medical-marijuana-edibles-inaccurate-labels.html\" data-component-tracked=\"1\">marijuana edibles<\/a>\u00a0wouldn&#8217;t be a risk to the baby, because &#8220;they would be going through your digestional [digestive] tract.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt;color: #0000ff\">Still, 80 percent of dispensaries did recommend that the caller discuss use of marijuana in pregnancy with their doctor. But only 32 percent of dispensaries made this recommendation without prompting from the researchers (with the question &#8220;Should I talk to my doctor about this?&#8221;)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt;color: #0000ff\">The researchers noted that recommendations from cannabis dispensary employees may vary depending on the person who took the call and may not represent the policy of the dispensary or the views of other employees. Still, the &#8220;mystery caller&#8221; method used by the researchers reflects a &#8220;real world&#8221; situation and the advice that a woman may receive when calling the dispensary, the investigators said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt;color: #0000ff\">The researchers concluded that &#8220;public health initiatives should consider collaborating with dispensary owners \u2026 about standards for advice provided to pregnant women.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt;color: #0000ff\">Source: <a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/62521-marijuana-dispensaries-recommendations-pot-pregnancy.html\">Most Marijuana Dispensaries Give Inaccurate Advice on Pot in Pregnancy | Live Science<\/a> May 2018<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many marijuana dispensaries recommend marijuana products for treating pregnant women&#8217;s\u00a0morning sickness, even though marijuana use in pregnancy is linked with health problems for newborns, according to a new study from Colorado researchers. The study surveyed 400\u00a0marijuana dispensaries\u00a0in Colorado, and nearly 70 percent said they would recommend marijuana products for women experiencing nausea in early pregnancy. 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