NBC News (4/23, Carroll) reports, “Women who use marijuana during pregnancy are putting their babies at risk, a study published Thursday finds.” The piece says that “babies born to women who were heavy cannabis users during pregnancy are more likely to have health problems, including premature birth and death within a year of birth, compared to babies born to women who did not use cannabis during pregnancy, according to an analysis of nearly 5 million California women who gave birth between 2001 and 2012.” The findings were published in the journal Addiction.
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— “Heavy marijuana use during pregnancy linked to premature birth, early infant death “Linda Carroll, NBC News, April 23, 2021