More younger women are testing positive to marijuana usage in the cause of been pregnant, especially in Northern California, according to a new study.
The research, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association , analysed the results of urine tests which was gannered during standard pre-natal care of 280,000+ who were enrolled in the Kaiser Permanente Northern California health-care system.
The results that was received from 2009 to 2016 shows the percentage of women who tested positive for marijuana at roughly 8 weeks into pregnancy increases from 4 percent to 7 percent.
Marijuana use was particularly common among teenage pregnancy who are 18+ (22 percent), and women between ages 18 and 24 (19 percent).
The high rate of marijuana consumption among pregnant women ages 25 and older was considerably lower. (less than 5 percent).
Evidence indicates the use of maternal marijuana may impair foetal growth and brain development, but in conclusive links between marijuana and prenatal, complications haven't been conclusively established.
Marijuana use may be less harmful during pregnancy than that of alcohol or tobacco.
Therefore, it may turn out to be more destructive but presently we simply don't know either way.
The study was limited to Northern California and not globally, Norther California is a region that's not exactly represented by the behaviours and attitudes towards marijuana.
After California has legalised medical marijuana in 1996, a robust marijuana growing industry took hold in the Emerald Triangle region of the northern part of the state.
Marijuana cultivation and the use are woven into the culture of Northern California like no place else in the country.
Marijuana is detectable in the urine up to 30 days after the last use, and many women do not realise they are pregnant until several weeks into their pregnancy.
"Pre-natal use before and after women realised they were pregnant could not be distinguished," the study's authors noted.
Still it's clear that changing attitudes toward the plant are spilling over into the realm of pregnancy.
Marijuana has been shown to be effective at treating nausea , and research shows that some pregnant women are using it to treat morning sickness.
A study published earlier this year found that 4 percent of pregnant American women reported using marijuana in the past month of their pregnancy in 2014, up from 2 percent in 2002.
By comparison, the rate of past-month alcohol consumption is roughly 10 percent among pregnant American women .
In part because of the lack of knowledge about marijuana's effects during pregnancy, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists has a simple recommendation for moms-to-be contemplating pot use: don't do it.
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