{"id":3833,"date":"2023-12-14T12:06:50","date_gmt":"2023-12-14T01:06:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/cannabis-pregnancy-toxic-combination-cannabis-exposure-linked-to-1-5-times-higher-risk-of-unhealthy-pregnancy-outcomes\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T21:00:27","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T10:00:27","slug":"cannabis-pregnancy-toxic-combination-cannabis-exposure-linked-to-1-5-times-higher-risk-of-unhealthy-pregnancy-outcomes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/cannabis-pregnancy-toxic-combination-cannabis-exposure-linked-to-1-5-times-higher-risk-of-unhealthy-pregnancy-outcomes\/","title":{"rendered":"Cannabis &#038; Pregnancy \u2013 Toxic Combination:\u00a0Cannabis exposure linked to 1.5 times higher risk of unhealthy pregnancy outcomes"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Researchers say they looked at 9,000 pregnancies and concluded cannabis is associated with a number of unhealthy pregnancy outcomes.<\/li>\n<li>They noted that they used testing rather than self-reporting, as in other studies, because of the amount of contradictory information about cannabis\u2019 effect on pregnancies.<\/li>\n<li>The researchers concluded that exposure to cannabis was associated with a 1.5-fold increase in risk for people who are pregnant.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/jamanetwork.com\/journals\/jama\/fullarticle\/2812642?guestAccessKey=4bd5a39a-6386-455b-862c-088b931066ef&amp;utm_source=For_The_Media&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=ftm_links&amp;utm_content=tfl&amp;utm_term=121223\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">study<\/a>&nbsp;published today in the&nbsp;<em>Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)<\/em>&nbsp;may not clear the air entirely, but researchers say their findings do determine that pregnant people can be at greater health risk if they are using cannabis.<\/p>\n<p>The University of Utah researchers looked at more than 9,000 pregnant women from eight medical centers across the United States.<\/p>\n<p>They&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/healthcare.utah.edu\/press-releases\/2023\/12\/cannabis-exposure-linked-15-times-higher-risk-of-unhealthy-pregnancy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">concluded<\/a>&nbsp;that cannabis is associated with \u201ca composite measure of unhealthy pregnancy outcomes, especially low birth weight, and that higher exposure is associated with higher risks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.medicalnewstoday.com\/articles\/cannabis-exposure-linked-to-1-5-times-higher-risk-of-unhealthy-pregnancy-outcomes?utm_source=Sailthru%20Email&amp;utm_medium=Email&amp;utm_campaign=MNT%20Daily%20News&amp;utm_content=2023-12-13&amp;apid=32370179&amp;rvid=29641d27972af61f33324a5ccb7667f90ff47eef15e469fd88cc0242a1a9ea31\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"button\">For complete research<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers say they looked at 9,000 pregnancies and concluded cannabis is associated with a number of unhealthy pregnancy outcomes. They noted that they used testing rather than self-reporting, as in other studies, because of the amount of contradictory information about cannabis\u2019 effect on pregnancies. 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