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01-17-2017, 10:21 AM
<div> What NIDA Isnt Telling You About Pot and Pregnancy
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By <a data-ipb="nomediaparse" href="http://hightimes.com/author/chrisroberts/" title="Posts by Chris Roberts">Chris Roberts</a> January 17, 2017
<p class="">In December, the <i>Journal of American Medicine (JAMA)</i> published an op-ed by Nora Volkow, the director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), <a data-ipb="nomediaparse" href="http://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2594400"><span>titled The Risks of Marijuana Use During Pregnancy.</a></span>
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<p class="">Volkow was inspired to write by some sources on the internet (always a bad sign; take it from us) that have been touting marijuana as a solution for the nausea that commonly accompanies pregnancy.
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<p class="">Whether it was these sources or the countrys general changing attitude on marijuana, more women than ever are indeed smoking weed: four percent of women reported using cannabis during their pregnancies in 2014, <a data-ipb="nomediaparse" href="http://www.usnews.com/news/news/articles/2016-12-19/us-women-increasingly-use-pot-during-pregnancy-study-finds"><span>according to the AP,</a> up from 2.4 percent in 2002. At least some of these women, taking note of marijuanas value controlling nausea, are using marijuana to cope with morning sickness.</span>
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<p class="">Volkows take on this phenomenon is summed up well in the headlineusing marijuana during pregnancy is riskyso if you hadnt time to read through, no need. And judging by the second and third takes spit through the internet take machine in the ensuing days, many didnt.
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<p class="">A lousy mix dangers to innocents mount, <a data-ipb="nomediaparse" href="https://www.lifezette.com/healthzette/marijuana-morning-sickness-lousy-mix/"><span>huffed LifeZette on Friday,</a> which declared that babies whose mothers use marijuana also have lower IQ, learning and memory problems and are at a higher risk for suicide and drug use later in life as well.</span>
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<p class="">Terrible, terrifying stuff, almost as terrible and awful as the evil mothers who think reaching for cannabis in order to to sleep or eat for a moment without hugging the toilet bowl is a good idea. Except Volkow didnt say any of that, particularly the suicide dross, which appears to have been concocted out of whole, scary cloth.
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<p class="">First, its good to remember Volkow is not the sworn enemy of marijuana that many in government posts involving medicine have been made out to be. Like with most things marijuana, data is scant.
<p class="">
<p class="">Decades of federal marijuana prohibition hasnt been much good at keeping people from smoking marijuana, <a data-ipb="nomediaparse" href="http://blog.norml.org/2015/06/25/nida-acknowledges-drawbacks-to-monopoly-on-marijuana-supply/"><span>but it has been very effective in preventing scientists</a> from figuring out exactly what it does to our brains and bodies and why.</span>
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<p class="">Volkow is a scientist and has made repeated public calls for more research. When there is data, Volkow and NIDA <a data-ipb="nomediaparse" href="https://www.drugabuse.gov/about-nida/noras-blog/2015/04/taking-science-informed-approach-to-medical-marijuana"><span>accept it honestly and inform the public that theres</a> solid evidence that THC helps control nausea and preliminary evidence that cannabiss constituent parts may treat pain, seizures, autoimmune diseases and other ailments.....</span>
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<p class=""><a data-ipb="nomediaparse" href="http://hightimes.com/news/what-nida-isnt-telling-you-about-pot-and-pregnancy/">http://hightimes.com/news/what-nida-isnt-telling-you-about-pot-and-pregnancy/</a>
</div>
By <a data-ipb="nomediaparse" href="http://hightimes.com/author/chrisroberts/" title="Posts by Chris Roberts">Chris Roberts</a> January 17, 2017
<p class="">In December, the <i>Journal of American Medicine (JAMA)</i> published an op-ed by Nora Volkow, the director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), <a data-ipb="nomediaparse" href="http://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2594400"><span>titled The Risks of Marijuana Use During Pregnancy.</a></span>
<p class="">
<p class="">Volkow was inspired to write by some sources on the internet (always a bad sign; take it from us) that have been touting marijuana as a solution for the nausea that commonly accompanies pregnancy.
<p class="">
<p class="">Whether it was these sources or the countrys general changing attitude on marijuana, more women than ever are indeed smoking weed: four percent of women reported using cannabis during their pregnancies in 2014, <a data-ipb="nomediaparse" href="http://www.usnews.com/news/news/articles/2016-12-19/us-women-increasingly-use-pot-during-pregnancy-study-finds"><span>according to the AP,</a> up from 2.4 percent in 2002. At least some of these women, taking note of marijuanas value controlling nausea, are using marijuana to cope with morning sickness.</span>
<p class="">
<p class="">Volkows take on this phenomenon is summed up well in the headlineusing marijuana during pregnancy is riskyso if you hadnt time to read through, no need. And judging by the second and third takes spit through the internet take machine in the ensuing days, many didnt.
<p class="">
<p class="">A lousy mix dangers to innocents mount, <a data-ipb="nomediaparse" href="https://www.lifezette.com/healthzette/marijuana-morning-sickness-lousy-mix/"><span>huffed LifeZette on Friday,</a> which declared that babies whose mothers use marijuana also have lower IQ, learning and memory problems and are at a higher risk for suicide and drug use later in life as well.</span>
<p class="">
<p class="">Terrible, terrifying stuff, almost as terrible and awful as the evil mothers who think reaching for cannabis in order to to sleep or eat for a moment without hugging the toilet bowl is a good idea. Except Volkow didnt say any of that, particularly the suicide dross, which appears to have been concocted out of whole, scary cloth.
<p class="">
<p class="">First, its good to remember Volkow is not the sworn enemy of marijuana that many in government posts involving medicine have been made out to be. Like with most things marijuana, data is scant.
<p class="">
<p class="">Decades of federal marijuana prohibition hasnt been much good at keeping people from smoking marijuana, <a data-ipb="nomediaparse" href="http://blog.norml.org/2015/06/25/nida-acknowledges-drawbacks-to-monopoly-on-marijuana-supply/"><span>but it has been very effective in preventing scientists</a> from figuring out exactly what it does to our brains and bodies and why.</span>
<p class="">
<p class="">Volkow is a scientist and has made repeated public calls for more research. When there is data, Volkow and NIDA <a data-ipb="nomediaparse" href="https://www.drugabuse.gov/about-nida/noras-blog/2015/04/taking-science-informed-approach-to-medical-marijuana"><span>accept it honestly and inform the public that theres</a> solid evidence that THC helps control nausea and preliminary evidence that cannabiss constituent parts may treat pain, seizures, autoimmune diseases and other ailments.....</span>
<p class="">
<p class="">
<p class=""><a data-ipb="nomediaparse" href="http://hightimes.com/news/what-nida-isnt-telling-you-about-pot-and-pregnancy/">http://hightimes.com/news/what-nida-isnt-telling-you-about-pot-and-pregnancy/</a>