Health care providers face cannabis questions from pregnant women, UMass researcher says
Updated Mar 03, 2021;
Posted Feb 03, 2021
With legalization of cannabis use in many states, questions of its impact on pregnancy, and how health care providers can give effective advice, are being explored. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee, File)AP
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A University of Massachusetts at Amherst researcher says greater understanding of why expectant mothers choose to use cannabis during their pregnancies, and how they take the drug, are key for health care workers to be able to determine a course of support.
“The motivation and decision to use, or to reduce or stop using, cannabis during pregnancy has clinical import because it is likely related to health outcomes for both the pregnant person and the fetus,” Greyson wrote in the Journal of Midwifery & Women’s Health.