ArticleThe Journal of pediatrics2022
Prenatal Cannabis Use and Infant Birth Outcomes in the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System.
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- Birth, cognitive and behavioral effects of intrauterine cannabis exposure in infants and children: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2024Pooled it
- Medical Cannabis During Pregnancy and Breastfeeding: Is the Concern Fully Evidence-Based?Biomedicines · 2026Article
- Cardiometabolic Health in Pregnancy: Prevention, Management, and Long-Term Implications.JACC. Advances · 2026Review
- Self-Reported Cannabis Use in Pregnancy and Maternal Psychological Health.Cannabis (Albuquerque, N.M.) · 2026Article
- A systematic review investigating prenatal cannabis and tobacco co-exposure: Impacts on neonatal, behavioral, cognitive and physiological outcomes.Drug and alcohol dependence reports · 2025Review
- Effects of Inhaled Tobacco and Cannabis Co-Use on Respiratory Health and Tobacco Cessation: An Official American Thoracic Society Research Statement.American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine · 2025Article
- Evidence on the effect of in-utero cannabis exposure in neonates.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2025Review
- Beliefs and perceived benefits and harms of perinatal cannabis use among pre- and post-pregnancy women.Drug and alcohol dependence reports · 2025Article
- Exploring Peripartum Cannabis Use Among Young Sexual Minority People: A Qualitative Study.Substance use & addiction journal · 2025Article
- Cannabidiol exerts teratogenic effects on developing zebrafish through the sonic hedgehog signaling pathway.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Women's Experiences with Nicotine and Cannabis Vaping During Pregnancy and Postpartum.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Neonatal outcomes associated with in utero cannabis exposure: a population-based retrospective cohort study.American journal of obstetrics and gynecology · 2024Article
- Prenatal Exposure to Cannabis: Effects on Childhood Obesity and Cardiometabolic Health.Current obesity reports · 2024Review
- Cannabis use, cannabis use disorder and mental health disorders among pregnant and postpartum women in the US: A nationally representative study.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2023Article
- Association of Mandatory Warning Signs for Cannabis Use During Pregnancy With Cannabis Use Beliefs and Behaviors.JAMA network open · 2023Article
- Perspectives from women who engaged in prenatal and postpartum cannabis use in a U.S. State with legal non-medical use.Preventive medicine reports · 2023Article
- CBD enhances the cognitive score of adolescent rats prenatally exposed to THC and fine-tunes relevant effectors of hippocampal plasticity.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2023Article
- Tobacco and Cannabis Use During and After Pregnancy in California.Maternal and child health journal · 2023Article
- Relationship between mandatory warning signs for cannabis use during pregnancy policies and birth outcomes in the Western United States.Preventive medicine · 2022Article
- Long-term effects of prenatal cannabis exposure: Pathways to adolescent and adult outcomes.Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior · 2022Review
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Abstract
objectivesTo examine the association of prenatal cannabis use and adverse infant outcomes in a nationally representative cohort and consider the impact of concurrent cigarette exposure. STUDY
designWe conducted a retrospective cohort study on 32 583 new mothers from the 2017-2019 Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System. Cannabis use was evaluated as a binary variable (use or no use) as well as ordinal categories (no, light, moderate, heavy use). We used multivariable logistic regression to examine the relationship between prenatal cannabis exposure and low birthweight (LBW), preterm birth, and small for gestational age.
resultsPrenatal cannabis use was associated with significantly greater odds of LBW (aOR, 1.27; 95% CI, 1.05-1.54) and small for gestational age (aOR, 1.35; 95% CI, 1.09-1.68) but not preterm birth. Compared with nonusers, heavy users (weekly or more) were twice as likely to deliver a LBW infant (aOR, 2.07; 95% CI, 1.46-2.94) or small for gestational age infant (aOR, 2.14; 95% CI, 1.38-3.30). When examining combined cannabis and cigarette use, prenatal exposure to both substances increased the likelihood of LBW (aOR, 2.27; 95% CI, 1.71-3.01), preterm birth (aOR, 1.61; 95% CI, 1.12-2.31), and small for gestational age (aOR, 3.29; 95% CI, 2.39-4.55) compared with no use, and the increased odds were greater than for either substance alone.
conclusionsOur results suggest that cannabis use during pregnancy may harm fetal development, and recommendations to improve birth outcomes should address co-use of cannabis and tobacco.
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