More Pregnant Women Using Marijuana
Wednesday, December 27th, 2017 -- 8:09 AM
(CNN) -More pregnant women seem to be using pot, sometimes to ease the nausea of morning sickness or heightened anxiety, and a new study suggests that this slight rise in marijuana use is most pronounced among those younger in age.The prevalence of marijuana use among a sample of moms-to-be in California climbed from 4.2% to 7.1% from 2009 through 2016, according to a research letter published in the journal JAMA on Tuesday. Among pregnant teens younger than 18, marijuana use climbed from 12.5% to 21.8%, and among women 18 to 24, marijuana use climbed from 9.8% to 19%, the researchers found.
That research involved only certain women in California, but a separate study of pregnant women across the United States, published in JAMA in January, found that those who reported using marijuana in the previous month grew from 2.37% in 2002 to 3.85% in 2014. The women were 18 to 44.
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