Breitbart CA: More pregnant mothers in California are lighting up than ever before, according to a study released Tuesday.
The study, from the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), notes that from 2009 to 2016, pot use among expectant mothers jumped from 4.2 percent to 7.1 percent.
Some of the sharpest increases in marijuana usage were among pregnant women under the age of 18 and between the ages of 18 to 24 years old.
Pot usage among the women in the under-18 age bracket went up from 9.8 percent to 19 percent over the study period. For women in the 18 to 24 age bracket, marijuana usage spiked from 12.5 percent to 21.8 percent in that same period.
The study also reported an increase in pot usage among older pregnant women ages 25 to 34. Weed usage among women in that age bracket increased slightly, from 3.4 percent to 5.1 percent.
“Marijuana is [one of] the most commonly used illicit drugs during pregnancy, and its use is increasing,” the study says.
Researchers say the data comes from self-reported surveys that “likely underestimate use” of the drug.
Many pregnant women are turning to the drug to treat morning sickness or anxiety associated with pregnancy. read more
As if those people down there that vote democRAT aren’t stupid enough already…it can only go down hill from there.
And most all of the weed has been soaked in insecticide. Now regular users are vomiting after use. Must be great for developing babies.
I have never used pot in my life. Maybe that’s why I’m so damn dumb?
Remember FAS? Fetal Alcohol Syndrome?
What will they call this syndrome, BBC? Baby Bong Condition?
I’m treated like a war criminal and taxed up the poop-chute for cigarette smoking yet pot is now legal in 15 or so states….and lauded country-wide. So now I’ll be paying for the care and feeding of cretin spawns of spaced out mothers.
Kiss my hairy Irish ass!
…and that’s how liberals are made.
Another drain on the taxpayers here in California. I wonder how this is working out for pregnant women in Colorado and Oregon? We’ll have a nation of imbeciles. The human race is taking themselves down fast!
@ Bongo
I ditto that, except mine is not hairy.
Being high on dope was probably what led to their pregnancy in the first place!
How do they explain this to the kids during the DARE programs in CA? I saw what a co-worker’s kid looked like from birth to toddler age, after she smoked a pack a day while pregnant. She smoked most of that pack during work hours. But hey, pot is harmless, I guess. They may as well hand those kids welfare and disability cards along with their birth certificates.
Do bus drivers have a right to smoke dope? How about cardiac surgeons? Why not?